ReviewGastroenterology research and practice2018
Effects of Late Evening Snack on Cirrhotic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Gastroenterology research and practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06278701 (Effects of Late-evening Snacks on Nutritional Status and Metabolic Pattern of Patients With Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Effects of Late-evening Snacks on Nutritional Status and Metabolic Pattern of Patients With Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nutrition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Pathophysiological Insights, Impact, and Implications for Clinical Practice.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- Comprehensive nutritional management incorporating home-based dietary consultation improves hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients: a retrospective cohort study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
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- Nutritional Management in Liver Cirrhosis: A Combined Systematic Review and Observational Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Small bites, big impact: The importance of evening snacks in patients with advanced chronic liver disease.World journal of hepatology · 2025Article
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- Forgettable in the care of liver cirrhosis: the unseen culprits of progression from bad to worse.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2024Review
- Nutritional Support for Liver Diseases.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Unlocking the Power of Late-Evening Snacks: Practical Ready-to-Prescribe Chart Menu for Patients with Cirrhosis.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Sarcopenia in chronic liver disease: mechanisms and countermeasures.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2021Review
- Malnutrition in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Late Evening Snack with Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplementation Improves Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Serum Zinc Level and non-Protein Respiratory Quotient in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- [Clinical guidelines on nutrition in end-stage liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnergetic effects of late evening snack (LES) on cirrhotic patients were reported recently, but there was no quantitative analysis. In this meta-analysis, we reviewed and quantified the effects of LES on energy metabolism and substrate oxidation in the patients with cirrhosis, which will be of benefit for liver cirrhosis nutritional therapy.
methodsA systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Elsevier, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Database for relevant trials published until July 2017. These studies statistically were combined and analyzed by RevMan 5.3.
resultsFourteen trials comprising 478 cases were eligible for analysis. The results showed that the respiratory quotient value (MD = 11.09) and carbohydrate oxidation value (MD = 0.05) significantly elevated with one week or with up to three weeks of LES treatment in cirrhotic patients (
conclusionsLES could improve the energy malnutrition state of cirrhotic patients. However, it may have little effect on reducing liver parenchymal injury indexes such as serum aminotransferase.
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