A narrative review of malnutrition in chronic liver disease.

ABSTRACT: Interest in research on malnutrition is decreasing due to thoughts that the problem of malnutrition has been solved in an age of over-nourishment or obesity and defining malnutrition is not uniform. This study aimed to critically appraise the prevalence of malnutrition according to various diagnostic tools and proportion of severity used in previous studies. A literature review was performed using a total of 16 studies published between 1980 and 2020 regarding malnutrition in patients with chronic liver disease. Most of the analyzed studies were conducted before 2010, and only a few studies were conducted after 2010. Nutrition assessment tool (NAT) and nutrition screening tool (NST) to explain malnutrition were distinguished; however, there was no clear distinction between them. NST often

SUBMITTER: Shin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7867872 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature