Anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessment of malnutrition in Malaysian patients with advanced cirrhosis
β Scribed by Mei-Ling S Tai; Khean-Lee Goh; Siti Hawa Mohd-Taib; Sanjay Rampal; Sanjiv Mahadeva
- Book ID
- 115020358
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 472 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1475-2891
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The recent AASLD Practice Guideline on Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Hepatitis C dealt with the topic of antiviral therapy in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. In their recommendations, Strader et al. 1 suggest that antiviral therapy might be initiated at low dose in hepatitis C virus
We evaluated the feasibility of using upper extremity anthropometrics to monitor the clinical status of 18 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The bone-free arm muscle area (AMA) was computed using measurement of triceps skinfold thickness and the mid-upper arm circumference according