Define Nutritional Support Management for pancreatic cancer?
When there is deficiency of exocrine pancreatic secretions, adequate amounts of pancreatic extract are helpful. It should be administered with all meals and snacks especially when there is severe fat malabsorption syndrome. MCT are more efficiently absorbed than the LCT in the absence of pancreatic enzymes and decreased bile salts. Glucose oligosaccharide may also help to increase the calorie intake and absorption among patients with pancreatic insufficiency. These are relatively short- chain glucose polymers and can be hydrolyzed to glucose by the brush border enzyme sucrase - x - dextrimase. This white powdery material is not sweet and may be used in variety of ways to supplement intake.