Nutritional management of cholestatic liver disease in children
Cholestatic liver disease is an important cause of hospitalization in children with liver disease in China,which seriously affect the nutritional status of these children and their growth and development.Many children with cholestatic liver disease have nutritional problems,such as increased energy demand,decreased intake,poor digestion and absorption of nutrients and abnormal metabolism,which lead to disease progression,increased complications and mortality.In order to improve the nutritional status and prognosis,it is necessary to pay more attention to the nutritional management and to choose the proper way and composition of nutritional support therapy.