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Information for people with liver disease who must follow a high-protein, high-energy, reduced-salt diet.

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To limit the progression of damage to the liver, which leads to cirrhosis and risks decompensation of the liver and liver failure.

To help patients:

  • Improve their nutritional status through increased lean body mass and strength.
  • Meet their nutritional requirements.
  • Understand malnutrition, liver disease and symptom management to enable them to meet their nutritional requirements.
  • Avoid enteral feeding via a food first approach to dietary intervention.
    • Malnourished – meet nutritional requirements.
    • Ascities – reduce salt advice.
    • Diabetes – dietary management.

The Target group will understand:

  • what liver disease is
  • how to manage their eating and drinking to minimise risks/side effects of their liver disease
  • the importance of eating regularly, and monitoring carbohydrate and protein intake
    • what varieties of fortified drinks and other supplements are needed
    • how to reduce salt/fat/sugar, as appropriate for their disease state.

Note that the Target Group must be given personalised advice related to their own condition and symptoms following feeding assessment that include height, weight, dry weight, skin folds and grip strength.

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  • European Association for the Study of Liver (2018) EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on nutrition in chronic liver disease.
  • European Association for the Study of Liver (2018) EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of alcohol-related liver disease.
  • European Association for the Study of Liver (2018) EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
  • NICE Guideline (NG49) 2016. Non-alcohol fatty liver disease (NAFLD): assessment and management.
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  • European association for the Study of Liver (2010) EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of Ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis. Journal of Hepatology 53: 397 – 417.
  • Plank LD, Gane EJ, Peng s et al (2008) nocturnal nutritional supplementation improves total body protein status of patients with liver cirrhosis: a randomized 12 month trial. Hepatology 48: 557-566
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NDR-UK Ref No: 9344E
Classification: DT
Related Printed Version: 9344
Publication Date: 11/06
Last Review: 2023
Last Update: 2023

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