Personalized Nutritional Intervention in Patients Undergoing TIPS Insertion for Refractory Ascites to Prevent Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

As participants are blinded, description of the intervention is meant to maintain the blinding. Participants will meet the study dietitian who will perform a nutritional assessment. The study dietitian will then prescribe a high-energy and high-protein diet with or without the use of oral nutritional supplements that will fit your taste preferences and dietary needs. The nutritional intervention will focus on having 3 meals per day and 3 snacks per day, including at bedtime.

As participants are blinded, description of the intervention is meant to maintain the blinding. Participants will meet the study dietitian who will perform a nutritional assessment. The study dietitian will then prescribe a high-energy and high-protein diet with or without the use of oral nutritional supplements that will fit your taste preferences and dietary needs. The nutritional intervention will focus on having 3 meals per day and 3 snacks per day, including at bedtime.