MINI REVIEW article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
This article is part of the Research TopicGut microbiome-driven Pathogenesis and Intervention Strategies in Liver DiseasesView all 10 articles
Research Progress on Nutritional Support for Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Complicated by Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Provisionally accepted
- Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in patients with liver cirrhosis represents a common clinical emergency characterized by sudden onset and high mortality. The prognosis of these patients is strongly correlated with their nutritional status. Malnutrition serves as a key determinant of clinical outcomes,making nutritional support a critical component of comprehensive care. Early identification and timely intervention can effectively prevent disease progression, reduce complication rates, and improve both treatment efficacy and survival.This article synthesizes evidence from previous research to summarize nutritional support strategies for cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding(UGIB). It addresses nutritional screening tools, routes of administration,and fundamental principles of nutritional support,with the aim of offering a reference for clinical management.
Keywords: Liver Cirrhosis, Upper gastrointestinal bleeding(UGIB), Nutritional Support, Nutritional risk screening, Parenteral Nutrition, Enteral Nutrition, Research progress
Received: 20 Oct 2025; Accepted: 28 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Dong, Li, You, Chen and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Chuan You
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