Patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis, or acute on chronic liver failure often present with malnutrition, and due to the in-hospital stay, their nutritional intake can vary widely, with several periods of fasting, and sometimes insufficient nutritional support. Therefore patients are prone to develop malnutrition or, the already present malnutrition worsens its status. Our aim is to evaluate the daily changes in nutritional status in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis and evaluate the changes in plasma and serum biomarkers.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
79
Daily nutritional assessment with bioelectrical impedance vector analysis, phase angle and mid-arm muscle circumference
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran
México, D.F, Mexico
RECRUITINGChanges in nutritional status
Nutritional status will be measured with bioelectrical impedance analysis (Vector and phase angle)
Time frame: Daily measurement up to 30 days
Evaluation of inflammatory cytokines
ELISA's test
Time frame: Samples will be collected at the baseline evaluation.
Astrid Ruiz-Margáin, M.Sc
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