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. 2021 Jun 24;8:644706. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.644706

Table 2.

Clinical nutrition guidelines for surgery and/or oncology patients.

Organization Energy requirements Protein requirements Screening/assessment tool
European society of enteral and parenteral nutrition (ESPEN)
Oncology (66) 25-30 kcal/kg/day >1-1.5 g/kg/day Screening: NRS-2002, MUST, MST
Assessment: SGA, PG-SGA, MNA
Surgery (8) 25-30 kcal/kg/day 1.5 g/kg/day Screening: NRS-2002
Assessment: SGA
Clinical oncology society of Australia (COSA) (67) 25-30 kcal/kg/day 1-1.5 g/kg/day MST, MUST, MSTC, abPG-SGA
French Speaking Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (SFNEP) (68) 30-35 kcal/kg/day 1.2-1.5 g/kg/day All patients: PG-SGA, SGA Geriatric patients: MNA
Polish societies of: surgical oncology, oncology, clinical oncology and parenteral, enteral nutrition and metabolism (69) 25-35 kcal/kg/day 35-45 kcal/kg/day (severe cachexia) 0.8-1.5 g/kg/day
2-3 g/kg/day (severe cachexia)
SGA, NRS-2002, MUST
Geriatric patients: MNA
Spanish society of medical oncology (SEOM) (70) 25-30 kcal/kg/day 1.2-1.5 g/kg/day Outpatients: MUST
Inpatients: NRS-2002
Geriatric patients: MNA-SF
In/outpatients: assessment MST PG-SGA
Oncology evidenced-based nutrition practice guidelines for adults (71) No recommendation No recommendation Inpatient: MST, MSTC, MUST
Outpatient: MST
Nutritional support and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients: an expert consensus report (72) 25-30 kcal/kg/day 1-2 g/kg/day
1-1.2 g/kg/day for patients with acute/chronic renal failure
MST, PG-SGA
American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative (73) 25-30 kcal/kg/day >1.2-2.0 g/kg/day PONS
Enhanced recovery after surgery society (ERAS) and the European society of surgical oncology (ESSO)-Gastrointestinal cancers (74) 25-30 kcal/kg/day 1.5 g/kg/day ideal body weight PG-SGA

abPG-SGA, abridged scored Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment; MNA, Mini Nutritional Assessment; MSTC, Malnutrition screening tool for cancer; MUST, Malnutrition universal screening tool; NRS-2002, Nutritional risk screening-2002; PG-SGA, Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment; PONS, Perioperative nutrition screen; SGA, Subjective Global Assessment.