Nutritional support for liver disease

Nutritional support in liver disease

It has been recognised for many years that patients with chronic parenchymal liver disease are malnourished. Dr Roger Williams and his colleagues at King's were one of the first to formally document nutritional status in their patients when O'Keefe et al' reported that significant numbers of their patients had clinical, biochemical, haematological and immunological variables thought to be indic...

Nutritional Support in Liver Disease Topic 13 Module 13.2 Nutritional Support in Chronic Liver Disease

Nutritional support in chronic liver disease

Nutritional Needs and Support for Children with Chronic Liver Disease

Malnutrition has become a dangerously common problem in children with chronic liver disease, negatively impacting neurocognitive development and growth. Furthermore, many children with chronic liver disease will eventually require liver transplantation. Thus, this association between malnourishment and chronic liver disease in children becomes increasingly alarming as malnutrition is a predicto...

Nutritional support in malignant disease.

The patient with cancer has multiple metabolic and nutritional abnormalities. The indications and methods of nutritional support required may therefore vary considerably from patient to patient. Currently many techniques are available for the administration of nutritional support. Rather than review each of these in detail it is considered more appropriate to pose specific questions in relation...