A Combination of Early Enteral Nutrition Support and Nutritional Nursing Interventions Effectively Improves Nutritional Status of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the clinical impact of early enteral nutrition support combined with nutritional nursing intervention on the bleeding status, nutritional status, and prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis complicated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The patients were divided into two groups: an observation group and a control group. The observation group (n = 50) received early enteral nutrition support, combined with nutritional nursing interventions, while the control group (n = 50) received conventional nursing, including guidance on a healthy diet and vital sign monitoring. We found that body mass index, albumin, and total protein levels were higher among patients in the observation group than among those in the control group. The total effective rate was higher among patients in the observation group than among those in the control group. Patients in the observation group had lower rates of rebleeding frequency, self-rating anxiety and depression scale scores, and complications than those in the control group. Early enteral nutrition support combined with scientific and effective nutritional nursing interventions, can effectively improve the nutritional status of patients with liver cirrhosis complicated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, thereby preventing complications and facilitating patients’ recovery; this should be widely promoted in clinical practice.