What do systematic reviews say?

Standard parenteral nutrition vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 18 participants
  Low
• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 18 participants
  Low

Standard parenteral nutrition vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 18 participants
  Low

Standard parenteral nutrition vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

Standard parenteral nutrition may leads to lower mortality [within first 10 weeks after liver transplantation] compared with standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution (low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 18 participants
  Low

Parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil vs parenteral nutrition

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 36 participants
  Very low

Parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil vs parenteral nutrition

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 36 participants
  Very low

Parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil changes acute rejection episodes compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 1 [0.17, 5.77]
  1 study · 36 participants
  Very low

Parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether parenteral nutrition with omega‐3 fish oil changes mortality compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 36 participants
  Very low

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 20 participants
  Low

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 20 participants
  Low

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 20 participants
  Low

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula showed no clear difference in mortality [within first 10 weeks after liver transplantation] compared with standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution (low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.46 [0.01, 10.51]
  1 study · 20 participants
  Low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous… changes death (during length of initial hospital stay; ITT) compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous… changes infection (ITT) ‐ mycotic infection compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.19 [0.02, 1.31]
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous… changes infection (ITT) ‐ infection (overall) compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.35 [0.06, 1.84]
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

It is very uncertain whether enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous… changes acute rejection (ITT) compared with standard parenteral nutrition (very low certainty).

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.21 [0.004, 2.49]
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Enteral nutrition via nasojejunal tube plus intravenous glutamine‐dipeptide supplementation vs parenteral nutrition

• Nutritional interventions for liver‐transplanted patients 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Oral stimulation vs usual care

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Oral cryotherapy (ice chips, ice-cold water, ice cubes or crushed ice held in the mouth during cancer treatment) vs no intervention or control intervention (control)

It is very uncertain whether oral cryotherapy (ice chips, ice-cold water, ice cubes or crushed… changes normalcy of diet (days of total parenteral nutrition, TPN) compared with control (no treatment or standard/usual oral care, e.g. saline rinse) (very low certainty).

• Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy 2015 · Cochrane All outcomes

  High-dose melphalan-based treatment prior to HSCT (haematological cancers)
  MD -2.18 [-4.33, -0.03]
  1 study · 78 participants
  Very low
• Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy 2015 · Cochrane All outcomes

  Fluorouracil (5FU) treatment for solid cancers
  Summary of findings for the main comparison (5FU solid cancers): Normalcy of diet (days of total parenteral nutrition) - 'No studies assessed this outcome'.
  0 studies
  No studies found