How do you counsel patients regarding initiation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with malignant small bowel obstruction?
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In what situation(s) would you consider TPN for malignant bowel obstruction (MBO)?
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Medical Oncology · Stanford University School of Medicine
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The answer we give to this question symbolizes how we think about treatments to be offered to a patient near the end of life. Thus, these answers often say as much about us as they do about our patients or medical science.
In my experience, conversations around things like TPN toward the end of lif...
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