Nutritional Intervention in Chronic Liver Failure

Nutritional support in chronic liver disease

Magnesium and zinc status in patients with chronic renal failure: influence of a nutritional intervention.

Chronic renal failure (CRF) alters the metabolism for a number of elements, and can lead to deficiency of these nutrients. Among the causes of thes alterations are reduced food intake and the low element content of some low-protein diets recommended in CRF. This study aimed to determine whether nutritional status for magnesium and zinc were changed by a nutritional intervention providing patien...

Nutritional Support in Liver Disease Topic 13 Module 13.2 Nutritional Support in Chronic Liver Disease

Clinical intervention in chronic respiratory failure.

D espite the obvious partnership of the lungs and the respiratory muscles in ventilation and gas exchange, only within the past 10 years has the possible contribution ofthe respiratory muscles to chronic respiratory failure been investigated in any detail. The opinion has been challenged that the respiratory muscles, albeit a vital pump, are not immune to fatigue.' Increase in the elastic and r...

[Acute on chronic liver failure].

Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) is a recently introduced term defined as severe acute deterioration of an established liver disease. This entity usually develops after an acute insult. The main clinical manifestations are hepatorenal syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy and organ failure, with a high risk of death in the short term. The true incidence of ACLF remains difficult to determine du...