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