Malnutrition, sarcopenia, and refractory ascites in end stage liver diseases: is there a way to climb back up?

Dig Liver Dis. 2019 Nov;51(11):1513-1514. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2019.06.002. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

Authors

Maria Rendina¹, Maria Teresa Viggiani¹, Alfredo Di Leo¹, Michele Barone²

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Policlinic Hospital, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
² Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Policlinic Hospital, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31278015
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2019.06.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ascites / etiology*
End Stage Liver Disease / etiology*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery
Liver Transplantation
Malnutrition / etiology*
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
Sarcopenia / etiology*