Association between end-stage liver disease and sarcopenia
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2020.03.050
- VernacularTitle:终末期肝病与肌少症的关系
- Author:
Tongzeng LI
1
;
Ming KONG
;
Yu CHEN
Author Information
1. Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Treatment Research, Beijing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
end stage liver disease;
sarcopenia;
diagnosis;
therapeutics
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2020;36(3):693-696
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
End-stage liver disease is often accompanied by various complications, among which sarcopenia is a common complication in patients with end-stage liver disease and is often neglected by clinicians, and in fact, sarcopenia also affects the prognosis of patients with end-stage liver disease. This article elaborates on the definition, evaluation method, and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia and the association of sarcopenia with various liver diseases. It is pointed out that further studies are needed to explore the role of sarcopenia in the development of liver diseases, so as to provide new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases.
