TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutrition in Alcoholic Liver Disease
AU - Singal, Ashwani K.
AU - Charlton, Michael R.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - The liver plays an important role in the metabolism, synthesis, storage, and absorption of nutrients. Patients with cirrhosis are prone to nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition, with a higher prevalence among patients with decompensated disease. Mechanisms of nutritional deficiencies in patients with liver disease are not completely understood and probably multifactorial. Malnutrition among patients with cirrhosis or alcoholic liver disease correlates with poor quality of life, increased risk of infections, frequent hospitalizations, complications, mortality, poor graft and patient survival after liver transplantation, and economic burden. Physicians, including gastroenterologists and hepatologists, should be conversant with assessment and management of malnutrition and nutritional supplementation.
AB - The liver plays an important role in the metabolism, synthesis, storage, and absorption of nutrients. Patients with cirrhosis are prone to nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition, with a higher prevalence among patients with decompensated disease. Mechanisms of nutritional deficiencies in patients with liver disease are not completely understood and probably multifactorial. Malnutrition among patients with cirrhosis or alcoholic liver disease correlates with poor quality of life, increased risk of infections, frequent hospitalizations, complications, mortality, poor graft and patient survival after liver transplantation, and economic burden. Physicians, including gastroenterologists and hepatologists, should be conversant with assessment and management of malnutrition and nutritional supplementation.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Metabolism
KW - Nutrition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cld.2012.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cld.2012.08.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23101983
AN - SCOPUS:84867938636
SN - 1089-3261
VL - 16
SP - 805
EP - 826
JO - Clinics in liver disease
JF - Clinics in liver disease
IS - 4
ER -