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What diet should I recommend my patient with Hepatic Encephalopathy?

Jawaid ShawVictoria TateJennifer HansonJasmohan S Bajaj
Published in: Current hepatology reports (2020)
Even though the data suggest that nutritional improvement lead to better outcomes including lower readmission rates in cirrhosis, operationalizing these into practice remains a challenge. To achieve this, a multi-disciplinary approach with nutritional education of the frontline care providers, earlier nutritional risk screening of patients, involvement of the nutrition professionals as part of the team and repeated dietary counseling for the patient and caregiver/s is required. Ultimately, this may need more focus, resource allocation and uniform guidelines across all countries to make this a success.
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