Enteral Nutrition Support for a Sarcopenia in End-Stage Liver Disease

Authors

Dina Halegoua-De Marzio, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
She-Yan Wong, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Flavius Guglielmo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jonathan M. Fenkel, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

10-2014

Abstract

Introduction

• Weight loss with muscle wasting, also known as sarcopenia, commonly occurs in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD).
• A robust association between sarcopenia and mortality in cirrhotic and post-liver transplant patients has been reported.
• This is a report of a patient with severe sarcopenia and ESLD who was provided enteral nutrition using a Dobhoff tube (DHT) pre-liver transplant resulting in successful bridging to transplant.

Recommended Citation

Halegoua-De Marzio, MD, Dina; Wong, MD, She-Yan; Guglielmo, MD, Flavius; and Fenkel, MD, Jonathan M., "Enteral Nutrition Support for a Sarcopenia in End-Stage Liver Disease" (2014). Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers. Paper 28.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gastro_hepfp/28