Vector Analysis of Body Composition in Hospitalized Cirrhotic Patients

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infection

Treatments: Other: Nutritional assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02017301

GAS-800-12-13-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis, or acute on chronic liver failure often present with malnutrition, and due to the in-hospital stay, their nutritional intake can vary widely, with several periods of fasting, and sometimes insufficient nutritional support. Therefore patients are prone to develop malnutrition or, the already present malnutrition worsens its status.

Our aim is to evaluate the daily changes in nutritional status in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis and evaluate the changes in plasma and serum biomarkers.

Enrollment: 79 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-75 years old
• Patients with confirmed cirrhosis.
• Any etiology
• Hospitalized with acute decompensation of cirrhosis
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Amputation
• Incomplete data