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Study of complications of liver cirrhosis in relation to the nutritional status /

Shaimaa Mohamed Abdelmonem Abdelmoty Elkholy

Study of complications of liver cirrhosis in relation to the nutritional status / دراسة المضاعفات الصحية فى مرضى التليف الكبدى وعلاقتة بالحاله الغذائية للمرضى Shaimaa Mohamed Abdelmonem Abdelmoty Elkholy ; Supervised Sherif Mogawer , Mona Mansour , Heba Sherif Karim - Cairo : Shaimaa Mohamed Abdelmonem Abdelmoty Elkholy , 2010 - 226 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine

Malnutrition is a salient feature in patient with hepatic dysfunction ; It is also an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in these patients . Factors that contribute to malnutrition in patients with hepatic failure include altered metabolic rate fat malabsorption early satiety and impaired gastric emptying frequent hospitalizations over dietary restriction and glucose intolerance



Complication Liver cirrhosis Malnutrition