Studies of prognosis and nutritional intervention in liver cirrhosis and liver transplantation
In patients with chronic liver disease protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a common finding. These patients are predisposed to higher rates of in-hospital mortality, hepatic encephalopathy and infectious complications. In cirrhotic patients awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), a stro...
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ResearchSpace@Auckland
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2292/6892 |