Abstract
Objective To investigate the nutritional risk incidence and clinical outcome in.hospitalized patients with liver diseases.Methods The data of 390 cases of liver disease inpatients were studied.The nutritional status of the enrolled patients was assessed with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002.Results The total incidence of nutritional risk in the liver disease patients was 47.95％.The incidence was 81.82％ in severe hepatitis patients,significantly higher that that in acute hepatitis patients (43.33％,P =0.013) and chronic hepatitis patients (28.30％,P =0.000).The incidence of nutritional risk was 75.79％ in hepatic cirrhosis patients,also significantly higher than that in acute hepatitis patients (P =0.000) and chronic hepatitis patients (P =0.000).Conclusion Severe hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis patients may have higher nutritional risk than acute and chronic hepatitis patients. Key words: Liver disease; Nutritional risk; Screening
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