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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2016

Malnutrition and Nutritional Support in Alcoholic Liver Disease: a Review.

Andrew Chao, Dan Waitzberg, Rosangela Passos de Jesus, Allain A Bueno, Victor Kha, Karen Allen, Matthew Kappus, Valentina Medici

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. The relationship between frailty and cirrhosis etiology: From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2021
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Nutritional issues in patients with obesity and cirrhosis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2018
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrew ChaoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4150 V Street, Suite 3500, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Dan WaitzbergDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paolo Medical School, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Rosangela Passos de JesusDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Allain A BuenoDepartment of Biology, Institute of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK.
Victor KhaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Karen AllenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Matthew KappusDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Valentina MediciDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4150 V Street, Suite 3500, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA. vmedici@ucdavis.edu.
University of California Davis Medical Center · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USDuke Medical Center · USUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BRUniversity of Worcester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malnutrition is associated with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and related complications such as hepatic encephalopathy and increased rate of infections. Avoidance of prolonged fasting and overly restrictive diets is important to avoid poor nutrition. Adequate intake of calories, protein, and micronutrients via frequent small meals and evening supplements and/or enteral and parenteral nutrition when indicated has been associated with reduced mortality and morbidity in patients with ALD. Modification of protein/fat sources and composition in addition to probiotic supplementation are promising interventions for decreased progression of ALD and its complications.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismEnteral NutritionHumansLiver Diseases, AlcoholicMalnutritionNutritional StatusNutritional SupportParenteral NutritionAlcoholic liver diseaseDietEnteral nutritionNutritionParenteral nutrition

Identifiers

PMID27787787
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