How do patients with severe acute myeloid leukemia get their needed nutrition?

Oral or IV: The treatment for AML is difficult. If patients are too sick to eat, they will be fed temporarily by intravenous feeding, called "tpn." maintaining nutrition during the treatment is important.

Adequate calories: This can be accomplished in several ways. Oral feedings. The patient eats and the calories are counted to ensure they are adequate. Ng tube feedings - a tubes is placed through the nose, not the stomach (or beyond) and feedings are given that ensure good calories. Finally, tpn. This is a complete nutritional IV fluids. This also ensures the calories are adequate.