12Oct 2020

MALNUTRITION IN LIVER CIRRHOSIS

  • Senior Resident, Department of Gastroenterology, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur.
  • Senior Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu.
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Malnutrition is a common complication of liver disease and it adversely affects patient outcome. Aetiologic factors include hypermetabolism, malabsorption, altered nutrient metabolism and anorexia. Use of traditional nutritional assessment tools, such as anthropometry along with subjective global assessment scale and biometric measures, should be done to evaluate cirrhotic patients for malnutrition. Improvements in nutritional status can improve outcomes of patients with advanced liver disease.


[Akshay Rawat and Arti Devi (2020); MALNUTRITION IN LIVER CIRRHOSIS Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Oct). 445-453] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Akshay Rawat
Senior Resident, Department of Gastroenterology, SDM Hospital, Jaipur
India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/11871      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/11871