Nutrition status predicts survival in cirrhosis

Nutrition assessments using anthropometric, visceral, and immunologic measurements were performed to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and clinical importance of nutrition disorders in patients with liver cirrhosis from alcohol or viral hepatitis. Severely malnourished patients, as determin...

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Published in:Nutrition reviews 1996-07, Vol.54 (7), p.217-219
Main Authors: Kalman, D.R. (University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.), Saltzman, J.R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol use
Anthropometry
Biological and medical sciences
ENFERMEDADES HEPATICAS
ESTADO NUTRICIONAL
ETAT NUTRITIONNEL
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Liver cirrhosis
Liver Cirrhosis - complications
Liver Cirrhosis - mortality
Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
MALADIE DU FOIE
MALNUTRICION
MALNUTRITION
Medical sciences
Mortality
Muscle, Skeletal - pathology
Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology
Nutrition
Nutrition Disorders - etiology
Nutrition Disorders - pathology
Nutrition Disorders - physiopathology
Nutritional Status
Other diseases. Semiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Skinfold Thickness
SUPERVIVENCIA
SURVIE
Survival Rate
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Summary:Nutrition assessments using anthropometric, visceral, and immunologic measurements were performed to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and clinical importance of nutrition disorders in patients with liver cirrhosis from alcohol or viral hepatitis. Severely malnourished patients, as determined by triceps skinfold thickness or midarm muscle circumference, had significantly poorer survival rates
ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03937.x