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Development of a web-based assessment tool that evaluates the meal situation when a child has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often suffer side effects from their treatment, for example nausea and vomiting, which can lead to malnutrition. If a child cannot eat orally, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) can improve his or her well-being, psychosocial development and growth by enabli...

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Autores principales: Nolbris, Margaretha Jenholt, Gustafsson, Ann-Louise, Fondin, Carina, Mellgren, Karin, Nilsson, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6410499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30857527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1447-1