Malnutrition is a key prognostic factor related to high mortality-rate in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis | Zendy

Fatima Higuerade la Tijera | Zendy; A. Servín-Caamaño | Zendy; Luis Servín-Abad | Zendy; J.L. Pérez-Hernández | Zendy

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Malnutrition is a key prognostic factor related to high mortality-rate in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis

Author(s) -

Fatima Higuerade la Tijera,

A. Servín-Caamaño,

Luis Servín-Abad,

J.L. Pérez-Hernández

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.1458

Subject(s) - medicine , alcoholic hepatitis , malnutrition , mortality rate , cirrhosis , population , alcoholic liver disease , multivariate analysis , hepatitis , retrospective cohort study , hepatitis c , pediatrics , risk factor , environmental health

comparatively with European or North-American populations, severe alcoholic hepatitis has a high mortality rate in Mexican population, becoming as high as 50 to 81% in those classified as ABIC B or C; this is true even when they receive specific therapy with steroids or pentoxifylline. The aim of this study was to know which clinical factors are related to early mortality (first 30 days) in Mexican patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.

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