NUTRITION STATUS PREDICTS SURVIVAL IN CIRRHOSIS

Authors
KALMAN DR SALTZMAN JR
Citation
Dr. Kalman et Jr. Saltzman, NUTRITION STATUS PREDICTS SURVIVAL IN CIRRHOSIS, Nutrition reviews, 54(7), 1996, pp. 217-219
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Nutrition & Dietetics
Journal title
Nutrition reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
00296643
Volume
54
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
217 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(1996)54:7<217:NSPSIC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Nutrition assessments using anthropometric, visceral, and immunologic measurements were performed to determine the prevalence, characteristi cs, and clinical importance of nutrition disorders in patients with li ver cirrhosis from alcohol or viral hepatitis. Severely malnourished p atients, as determined by triceps skinfold thickness or midarm muscle circumference, had significantly poorer survival rates.