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Nutritional assessment and treatment in patients with liver cirrhosis
Yong-Jian Zhou, Zu-Jiang Yu
Yong-Jian Zhou, Zu-Jiang Yu, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Correspondence to: Zu-Jiang Yu, Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. johnyuem@zzu.edu.cn
Received: August 6, 2014 Revised: August 26, 2014 Accepted: September 10, 2014 Published online: November 8, 2014
Liver cirrhosis is a worldwide disease with high morbidity. Patients with liver cirrhosis are often complicated with malnutrition, and nutritional status has close relationship with prognosis. Currently, there has been no unified standard to assess the nutrition status of patients with liver cirrhosis; several tools should be combined in order to generate more accurate evaluation. A reasonable nutritional intervention should be given to improve the prognosis of patients with cirrhosis. This review focuses on essential aspects in the nutritional assessment and support in cirrhotic patients to provide a basis for correctly assessing the patient's nutritional status and providing adequate nutritional treatment.
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