Validation of body mass index for the diagnosis of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis

Infections in Cirrhotics: Types, Microbiological Spectrum and Risk Factors—5-Year Cohort Study

“…Protein calorie malnutrition has been reported in 60 to 100 percent of patients with decompensated cirrhosis and up to 20 percent with compensated cirrhosis [54] [55]. Malnourishment among patients with liver cirrhosis accompanies a higher rate of infections and other complications [56].…”

Nutrition in the Management of Cirrhosis and its Neurological Complications

“…At the present time, given the lack of a single indicator of malnutrition in liver disease, the subjective global assessment in conjunction with a combination of other tests is generally employed. [129][130][131] Given the wide consensus that nutritional status should be routinely assessed in all patients with chronic liver disease in order to recognize malnutrition and prevent nutritional depletion, the development of a simple, well-validated and reproducible tool for the assessment of nutritional status in these patients is long overdue.…”

Reprint of: Nutrition in the Management of Cirrhosis and its Neurological Complications

“…At the present time, given the lack of a single indicator of malnutrition in liver disease, the subjective global assessment in conjunction with a combination of other tests is generally employed. [129][130][131] Given the wide consensus that nutritional status should be routinely assessed in all patients with chronic liver disease in order to recognize malnutrition and prevent nutritional depletion, the development of a simple, wellvalidated and reproducible tool for the assessment of nutritional status in these patients is long overdue.…”