Evaluation of Three Methods for Nutritional Assessment in Patients With Cirrhosis
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
- Enrollment
- 180
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Nutritional status
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis has been shown to have a direct influence on the prognosis of these patients, it is related to higher mortality and it has been linked to the developement and perpetuation of certain complications such as hepatic encephalopathy, ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Despite the importance of nutritional status in this patients, most of the methods for its assessment are still not completely reliable or not easily accessible; therefore, evaluating nutritional status in the daily clinical practice is still a complex task.
Investigators
ALDO TORRE DELGADILLO
MD, MSc
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of cirrhosis
- •No restriction of etiology
- •18-75 years
- •Child-Pugh stage A/B/C
- •Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnancy
- •Extremity amputation
- •Malignancy different from hepatocellular carcinoma
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Nutritional status
Time Frame: Evaluation at time of recruitment
Characterization of nutritional status by three methods of nutritional assessment * Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis * CT scan * Handgrip strength