Association between end-stage liver disease and sarcopenia / 临床肝胆病杂志

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.