Protein-energy malnutrition in liver cirrhosis
Protein-energy malnutrition in liver cirrhosis
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肝硬化蛋白质-能量营养不良
DOI:
10.1007/s005350200091
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
H. Moriwaki
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作者:
H. Moriwaki
Nakaya Y, Harada N, Kakui S, et al. that observed in healthy subjects after 2-to 3-day starvation. 6 In other words, an overnight fast readily induces a metabolic state similar to starvation in cirrhotic patients. This observation has prompted a good suggestion for a possible clinical intervention to alleviate such a severe catabolic state in cirrhosis. The underlying idea is very simple—to shorten the fasting period during the night time in cirrhotics by giving energy supplementation in the late evening. This supplementation is usually provided at around 22: 00–23: 00, with approximately 200–250 kcal. 7, 8 Such nocturnal energy supplementation, or late evening snack improves fuel metabolism during the night time by reducing lipid oxidation, 7, 8 finally leading to the recovery of npRQ. 7 In this issue of the Journal of Gastroenterology, Nakaya et al. 9 report the effect of an oral BCAA-enriched nutrient mixture on the severe catabolic state after prolonged fasting in cirrhotic patients. This study provides quite important information by measuring both diurnal changes in RQ and the prolonged effect of starvation on RQ in cirrhotics and controls. In the diurnal curve of RQ there was a deep fall in this parameter in the early morning, thus indicating the impact of nighttime fasting on the metabolic state in cirrhosis. Such diurnal analysis of RQ is also reported in reference 2, but the finding of Nakaya and colleagues9 of the deep fall in RQ, indicating prolonged starvation, is quite novel. The sharper decline of RQ in cirrhotics indicates well the susceptibility of these patients to fasting. Therefore, every effort should be taken to reduce the fasting time in cirhotics, because they must often omit breakfast before, for example, undergoing a gastrointestinal examination, as pointed out by Nakaya and colleagues. 9