1. Brazilian Guidelines for Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis
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Lenycia de Cassya Lopes Neri, Miriam Isabel Souza dos Santos Simon, Valéria Laguna Salomão Ambrósio, Eliana Barbosa, Monique Ferreira Garcia, Juliana Ferreira Mauri, Renata Rodrigues Guirau, Mirella Aparecida Neves, Carolina de Azevedo Pedrosa Cunha, Marcelo Coelho Nogueira, Anna Carolina Di Creddo Alves, Jocemara Gurmini, Maria de Fatima Servidoni, Matias Epifanio, and Rodrigo Athanazio
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Nutrition therapy ,Cystic fibrosis ,Nutritional assessment ,Recommended dietary allowances ,Medicine - Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective To develop a scientific consensus on nutrition in cystic fibrosis. Methods Sixteen coordinators elaborated relevant questions on nutritional therapy in cystic fibrosis, which were divided into six sections: nutritional assessment, nutritional recommendations, nutritional intervention, dietary counseling, special situations and enzyme replacement, and gastrointestinal manifestations. Two to three specialists in the field were responsible for each section and obtaining answers formulated based on standardized bibliographic searches. The available literature was searched in the PubMed®/MEDLINE database, after training and standardization of search strategies, to write the best level of evidence for the questions elaborated. Issues related to disagreement were discussed until a consensus was reached among specialists, based on the current scientific literature. Results Forty-two questions were prepared and objectively answered, resulting in a consensus of nutritional therapy in cystic fibrosis. Conclusion This work enabled establishing a scientific consensus for nutritional treatment of cystic fibrosis patients.
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- 2022
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