Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2013;(10):901-904

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-3606.2013.10.001

The nutritional therapy of cholestatic liver disease in infants

Zhihua HUANG ; Xuesong LI

Keywords

cholestatic liver disease; nutrition; therapy; infant

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

There are various causes of cholestatic liver disease in infants that include extrahepatic biliary tract diseases, liver diseases, anatomical abnormality, metabolic or endocrine diseases, poisoning, infection, and so on. The causes leads to re-duction or interruption in bile lfow and thus results in nutrients malabsorption and comprehensive metabolic disorder. The aims of nutritional therapy for cholestatic liver disease are to reduce the risk of cholestasis related complications, to promote recov-ery of liver diseases, to restore bile flow, to promote growth and improve the comprehensive metabolic disorders, to improve quality of life and to prepare children for liver transplantation.