Inclusion and exclusion criteria for identifying relevant studies via search strategies
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
| PN | |
| People over 16 years of age with inoperable MBO. Receiving PN via a central venous catheter as destination palliative treatment. | Treatment with curative intent. Receiving PN through a peripheral vein. Receiving only intravenous fluids. Receiving enteral feeding alongside PN not deemed for quality of life. Patients were <16 years old. PN was administered preoperatively, peri-operatively or postoperatively to assess complications related to surgery. |
| PVG | |
| People over 16 years of age with inoperable MBO. Receiving gut decompression via a PVG tube or nasogastric tube as destination palliative treatment. Studies that include patients with both benign and malignant diseases if the results were reported separately for each group. | Treatment with curative intent. Patients were <16 years old. PVG insertion for decompression in non-malignant disease. |
MBO, malignant bowel obstruction; PN, parenteral nutrition; PVG, palliative venting gastrostomies.