Evaluation of malnutrition with blood ghrelin and fecal elastase levels in acute decompensated heart failure patients

• Main Authors: Mustafa Özcan (Author), Güzin Zeren Öztürk (Author), Murat Köse (Author), Samim Emet (Author), Şengül Aydın (Author), Kadem Arslan (Author), Yücel Arman (Author), Vakur Akkaya (Author), Tufan Tükek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Exocrine pancreatic dysfunction may contribute to malnutrition and lack of appetite in the advanced stages of heart failure. Nutritional assessment was carried out on patients diagnosed with mild or moderate/severe heart failure. Fecal elastase levels are an indicator of pancreatic exocr...