TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritional support for liver disease
AU - Koretz, Ronald L
AU - Avenell, Alison
AU - Lipman, Timothy O
PY - 2012/5/16
Y1 - 2012/5/16
N2 - Weight loss and muscle wasting are commonly found in patients with end-stage liver disease. Since there is an association between malnutrition and poor clinical outcome, such patients (or those at risk of becoming malnourished) are often given parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, or oral nutritional supplements. These interventions have costs and adverse effects, so it is important to prove that their use results in improved morbidity or mortality, or both.
AB - Weight loss and muscle wasting are commonly found in patients with end-stage liver disease. Since there is an association between malnutrition and poor clinical outcome, such patients (or those at risk of becoming malnourished) are often given parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, or oral nutritional supplements. These interventions have costs and adverse effects, so it is important to prove that their use results in improved morbidity or mortality, or both.
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD008344.pub2
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD008344.pub2
M3 - Article
C2 - 22592729
SN - 1469-493X
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
IS - 5
M1 - CD008344
ER -