Nutritional Status and its Impact on Clinical Outcomes for Patients Admitted to Hospital with Cirrhosis.

CONCLUSION: Malnutrition is common in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis, and patients with malnutrition showed a trend toward increased complications and mortality. Severe malnutrition, as identified by SGA, and advanced cirrhosis were predictors of in-hospital mortality. PMID: 27266216 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - Category: Journals (General) Tags: J Med Assoc Thai Source Type: research