Preservation of nutritional-status in patients with refractory ascites due to hepatic cirrhosis who are undergoing repeated paracentesis
| Autor: | Raffaela Vecchione, Giuseppe Castaldo, Francesco Fiorentino, Luciano Tarantino, Salvatore D' Angelo, Alessandra Bracigliano, Paolo Sorrentino, Oreste Perrella, Alessandro Perrella |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis Hepatology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology medicine.disease Group B law.invention Surgery Parenteral nutrition Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine Ascites medicine Paracentesis Liver function medicine.symptom business Prospective cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 27:813-822 |
| ISSN: | 0815-9319 |
| Popis: | Background and Aim: Refractory ascites in liver-cirrhosis is associated with a poor prognosis. We performed a prospective study to investigate whether aggressive nutritional-support could improve outcomes in cirrhotic patients. Methods: Cirrhotic patients undergoing serial large-volume paracentesis for refractory-ascites were enrolled and randomized into three groups. Group A received post-paracentesis intravenous nutritional-support in addition to a balanced oral diet and a late-evening protein snack, group B received the same oral nutritional-protocol as the first group but without parenteral support, and group C (the control group) received a low-sodium or sodium-free diet. Clinical, anthropometric and laboratory nutritional parameters and biochemical tests of liver and renal function were reported for 12 months of follow-up. Results: We enrolled 120 patients, who were randomized into three groups of equal size. Patients on the nutritional-protocol showed better preservation of clinical, anthropometric and laboratory nutritional parameters that were associated with decreased deterioration of liver function compared with patients on the low-sodium or sodium-free diet (group C). Groups A and B had lower morbidity and mortality rates than the control group (C). Mortality rates were significantly better in patients who were treated with parenteral-nutritional-support than for the other two groups. In patients who were on the nutritional-protocol, there was a reduction in the requirement of taps for the treatment of refractory ascites. Conclusions: Post-paracentesis parenteral-nutritional-support with a balanced oral diet and an evening protein snack appears to be the best care protocol for patients with liver-cirrhosis that has been complicated by refractory-ascites. |
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