Hepatology – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 16

Hepatology – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 16

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is indicated in alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) and in cirrhotic patients with moderate or severe malnutrition. PN should be started immediately when sufficientl oral or enteral feeding is not possible. ASH and cirrhosis patients who can be sufficiently fed either orally or...

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Main Authors: Plauth, M., Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine, Schuetz, T.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Subjects:
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
alcoholic liver disease
liver cirrhosis
hepatic encephalopathy
acute liver failure
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000071.shtml

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