E-ISSN: 2587-2478
Nutrition in Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review
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VOLUME: 3 ISSUE: 1
P: 1-6
March 2016

Nutrition in Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review

J Pediatr Res 2016;3(1):1-6
DOI: 10.4274/jpr.94695
Aslı Akdeniz Kudubeş 1
Murat Bektaş 2
1. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Onkoloji Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
2. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
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Received Date: 15.04.2015
Accepted Date: 04.08.2015
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ABSTRACT

This systematic review aimed to investigate the nutritional status of pediatric oncology patients. Medline/PubMed, EBSCO, Cochrane databases were searched for Pediatric oncology is to identify studies related to nutrition in patients between the years of 2005-2015. While browsing the literature, “pediatric oncology patients (pediatric oncology patients), children with cancer (cancer children), nutrition (food)” keywords are used. As a result of browsing carried out with the keywords fifty one articles were reached. The criteria of this article matches those of 9 studies. Approaches have been found to be effective in nearly all of the examined articles. The studies, sample size and where appropriate the methods used, data collection instruments that are valid and reliable, the results of the majority of the work seem to be clearly stated.