Dietary Habits of Individuals With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-Poor Fat-Soluble Vitamin Intake and Dietary Quality.

Background And Aims: Individuals with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) have expressed a need for more dietary information. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary intake of individuals with PSC and compare it with Nordic nutrition recommendations 2023 (NNR2023).

Methods: A cross-sectional assessment of dietary intake was performed using a food-frequency questionnaire among 120 individuals with PSC from five regions across Sweden.

Associations between dietary fatty acid and plasma fatty acid composition in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: secondary analysis from a randomised trial with a hypoenergetic low-carbohydrate high-fat and intermittent fasting diet.

Dietary fatty acids (FA) affect metabolic risk factors. The aim of this study was to explore if changes in dietary fat intake during energy restriction were associated with plasma FA composition. The study also investigated if these changes were associated with changes in liver fat, liver stiffness and plasma lipids among persons with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Documented nutritional therapy in relation to nutritional guidelines post burn injury - a retrospective observational study.

Background & Aims: Intensive nutritional therapy is an essential component of burn care. Regarding post-minor burn injuries, the literature is lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate documented nutritional therapy in relation to international guidelines after both minor and major burn injuries.

Macronutrient composition and its effect on body composition changes during weight loss therapy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Dietary composition may affect body composition during weight loss therapy. We tested the hypothesis of whether dietary macronutrient composition influences the reduction of total abdominal adipose tissue, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), or visceral adipose tissue (VAT) during weight loss.

Methods: Dietary macronutrient composition and body composition were analyzed as a secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial of 62 participants with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Protein intake early after liver transplantation and postoperative outcome: An observational study comparing two nutritional protocols.

Objectives: Patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) are at risk for eating difficulties. Adequate nutritional support is important to promote enhanced recovery and to reduce postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate two nutritional protocols and their effect on total protein intake during the first 7 d after LT.

Complications of Gastrostomy Tubes in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.

Objectives: Head and neck cancers (HNCs) include various malignant tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. Due to their anatomical location, HNCs can cause obstruction, odynophagia, or trismus, leading to dysphagia. In addition, this patient group may be vulnerable to treatment side effects both by surgery and oncological treatment, exposing the patients to an even higher risk of malnutrition.

Treatment of NAFLD with intermittent calorie restriction or low-carb high-fat diet - a randomised controlled trial.

Background & Aims: The first-line treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is weight reduction. Several diets have been proposed, with various effects specifically on liver steatosis. This trial compared the effects of intermittent calorie restriction (the 5:2 diet) and a low-carb high-fat diet (LCHF) on reduction of hepatic steatosis.

Energy expenditure early after liver transplantation: Better measured than predicted.

Objective: There is no consensus on how to estimate energy requirements after liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to compare measured resting energy expenditure (REE) with predictive equations and fixed factors, and evaluate whether clinical variables were associated with REE.

Methods: During the period of 2011 through 2018, REE measured with indirect calorimetry and predicted by the Harris and Benedict (HB) equation was compared in patients during the first 30 postoperative days after LT.

Nutrition impact symptoms are related to malnutrition and quality of life - A cross-sectional study of patients with chronic liver disease.

Background And Aims: Patients with chronic liver disease often experience symptoms that affect their ability to eat. These symptoms can contribute to weight loss and malnutrition. We aimed to examine the prevalence of nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) in patients with chronic liver disease, and to investigate the relationships between NIS, malnutrition and health-related quality of life.

Assessment of muscle mass depletion in chronic liver disease: Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry compared with computed tomography.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to perform intermethod comparisons between the following three measures of muscle mass depletion in patients eligible for liver transplantation: 1) fat-free mass index (FFMI) measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), 2) appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) measured by DXA, and 3) skeletal muscle index (SMI) measured at the third lumbar level by computed tomography (CT).

Methods: The medical records of patients who received liver transplants between 2009 and 2012 at Karolinska University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Adult patients with a chronic liver disease who had both DXA and CT scans performed within a 30-d period during their pretransplant workup were included.

Body composition evaluation with computed tomography: Contrast media and slice thickness cause methodological errors.

Objective: Although computed tomography (CT) is frequently used to determine body composition, the effects of using different CT protocols is not well known. The aim of this study was to determine whether contrast media phase, radiation dose, and slice thickness in CT affect body composition segmentation.

Methods: Clinically indicated perfusion CTs of the upper abdomen in 20 patients (seven women) between 40 and 87 y of age with high suspicion of hepatocellular carcinoma were analyzed retrospectively.

Influence of tube potential on CT body composition analysis.

Objectives: Our purpose was to investigate whether tube potential in contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) affects body composition analysis.

Methods: Images from dual-source, dual-energy CT from the abdomen with intravenous contrast media administration were used. A total of 17 patients (11 women, mean age 52) with a mean body mass index of 20.