The use of prealbumin as a predictor of malnutrition in cirrhotic patients and the effect of nutritional support in patients with low prealbumin levels

Dag Z., Koseoglu H., Kekilli M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.50, sa.2, ss.398-404, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1910-27
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.398-404
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Malnutrition, cirrhosis, prealbumin, nutritional support, MELD score, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, SUPPLEMENTATION, IMPROVEMENT, RISK
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background/aim: Malnutrition is an unportant and commonly seen prognostic factor in patients tivith crrrhosi malnutrition in cirrhosis patients may he challenging, and an easily measured and widely usable marker is la however, is an easily measured marker. In the current study we measured prealbumin levels in cirrhotic patient apparent malnutrition and used it as a malnutrition marker. Another aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of on patient with low prealbumin levels.