ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Comparison of Different Nutritional Assessment Tools in Detecting Malnutrition and Sarcopenia among Cirrhotic Patients.
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- Real-Life Challenges in Assessing Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Cirrhosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Sarcopenia and Frailty in Cirrhotic Patients: Evaluation of Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Single-Centre Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study of Dietary Intake, Nutritional Status, and Frailty in Outpatients and Inpatients with Liver Cirrhosis.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Malnutrition and Associated Factors Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a Tertiary Care Center in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: An Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- Joint effects of prognostic nutritional index and skeletal muscle index on prognosis of decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life among patients with cirrhosis at a tertiary care center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Screening and assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
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- Osteosarcopenia in NAFLD/MAFLD: An Underappreciated Clinical Problem in Chronic Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Prognostic nutritional index: A potential biomarker for predicting the prognosis of decompensated liver cirrhosis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Study of Comparison of Handgrip Dynamometer and Transverse Psoas Muscle Thickness as a Predictor of Short-term Morbidity and Mortality in Patients of Chronic Liver Disease.Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterologyArticle
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- [Nutritional Evaluation of Hospitalized Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis and the Impact on the Prognosis of the Disease: a Cross-Sectional Study].Acta gastroenterologica LatinoamericanaArticle
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Abstract
Malnutrition and sarcopenia are common complications of liver cirrhosis. This study compares the performance of different nutritional assessment techniques in detecting malnourished patients. Data from 156 patients with liver cirrhosis were collected. We assessed the nutritional status of these patients according to: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA); Royal Free Hospital-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool (RFH-NPT), skinfold thickness (TSF), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), mid-upper arm muscle circumference (MUMC), handgrip strength (HGS), body mass index (BMI), and skeletal muscle index (SMI) evaluated by Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT). According to EWGSOP2 criteria, combining low HGS with low SMI, the prevalence of malnutrition/sarcopenia was 60.2%. RFH-NPT, MUAC, MAMC, and HGS were excellent tests for detecting malnourished patients. Combining RFH-NPT with MUAC or MUMC increased diagnosis accuracy, AUC = 0.89, p < 0.0001. Age, Child-Pugh class C, albumin level, vitamin D deficiency, male gender, and alcoholic etiology were significantly associated with malnutrition. In conclusion, the prevalence of malnutrition among patients with cirrhosis was relatively high. Our study highlights the potential use of a simpler and inexpensive alternative that can be used as a valuable tool in daily practice, the combination between RFH-NPT and MUAC.
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