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            The Dietetic and Nutritional Management of Adult                                                                                                             
            Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease Guideline.                                                                                 Trust ref: B19/2017 
                       
                      1. Introduction and Who Guideline applies to   
                      1.1.       This Clinical Guideline defines the procedure for providing optimal and appropriate 
                                 nutritional and dietary care for adult inpatients with diagnosed chronic liver disease, 
                                 including those who require: nutritional support, and/or therapeutic diet due to the 
                                 presence of ascites, steatorrhoea and/or who are at risk of re-feeding syndrome on 
                                 admission.   
                                  
                      1.2.       This Clinical Guideline aims to reduce patient risk, improve quality of care and 
                                 standardise nutritional care in adult inpatients’ with chronic liver disease.  
                                  
                      1.3.       This Clinical Guideline provides advice on initiating nutritional management of adult 
                                 inpatients’ with chronic liver disease at ward/unit level, primarily within 
                                 gastroenterology medicine wards on and during admission to Leicester Royal 
                                 Infirmary, but may also include inpatients on other wards/units across University 
                                 Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust. 
                                  
                      1.4.       This clinical guideline is for use by Medical and Nursing teams to enable them to 
                                 initiate optimal nutritional care on an adult inpatient (over 16 years old) that has 
                                 chronic liver disease. 
                                  
                      1.5.       This clinical guideline does not cover inpatients that have acute liver disease 
                                 (fulminant hepatic failure). These patients should be referred directly to the ward 
                                 Dietitian via the electronic referral system ICE where appropriate.  
                       
                       
                      2. Guideline Standards and Procedures 
                      2.1        Individuals with diagnosed chronic liver disease are frequently under-nourished. Re-
                                 feeding problems can occur when initiating nutrition  in this group of patients. 
                                 Therefore, it is important to identify and treat appropriately. 
                       
                      2.2        Each patient will require risk assessment for re-feeding syndrome by the medical 
                                 team  on admission to the ward to ensure appropriate management. Further 
                                 information on re-feeding syndrome can be found in the ‘Out of Hours Enteral Tube 
                                 Feeding (Nasogastric) UHL Guideline’ B55/2006.   
                       
                                  2.2.a.   Feeding without adequate thiamine can lead to Wernickes Encephalopathy. 
                                            Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome is seen particularly frequently in  
                                            alcoholics who may have low liver stores of thiamine. It can also  
                                            occur in any patients with chronic vomiting including those with  
                                            hyperemesis gravidarum and gastric outlet obstruction. 
                       
                                 2.2.b.   NICE guideline CG32 (NICE, 2006) provides criteria to determine level  
                                             of refeeding risk.  Guidance is also provided in A Pocket Guide to  
                                            Clinical Nutrition (Mafrici et al, 2018). 
                       
                                 2.2.c    For Dietitians, further information on re-feeding syndrome can be found in the     
                      Dietetic and Nutritional Management of Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease Guideline 
                      V2 approved by PGC on 17 December 2021   Trust ref: B19/2017                                                  next review: February 2025 
                      NB: paper copies may not be the most recent version.  The most up to date version is held in the Policy and Guideline Library on PAGL  
                       
                                            ‘Guideline for the Clinical Dietetic Management of Adult Inpatients at Risk of  
                                             Refeeding Syndrome’ C55/2015. 
                       
                        2.3      This Clinical Guideline aims to also improve nutrition and dietetic clinical 
                                 effectiveness and efficiency. Referral to a Dietitian may still be required if indicated as 
                                 part of the Care Pathway (See Appendix 1). In this case, referral to a Dietitian should 
                                 be made using the electronic referral system Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE). 
                         
                                 All patients must be screened for malnutrition risk as per the ‘Department of Health 
                                 (2014) The Hospital Food Standards Panel’s report on standards for food and drink in 
                                 NHS hospitals’, and the ‘National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2012) 
                                 Nutrition support in adults’, which was updated in 2020. The Malnutrition Universal 
                                 Screening Tool (MUST) is the validated nutritional screening tool used in UHL 
                                 hospitals. For further details see the Trust’s Policy on ‘Adult Nutritional Screening and 
                                 First Line Nutritional Care Trust’ B26/2015. In this patient group dry weight is required 
                                 when calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) to avoid inaccurate MUST scoring. Dry 
                                 body weight is the patient weight minus the estimated fluid weight from their ascites 
                                 and/or peripheral oedema. 
                                  
                      2.4        The  European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)  practical 
                                 guideline: Clinical nutrition in liver disease (2020) suggests that phase angle 
                                 (measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis) or handgrip strength allows for 
                                 assessment of mortality risk and/or complications. In NASH, cirrhosis and Liver 
                                 Transplantation, ESPEN (2020) also suggests that sarcopenia should be assessed 
                                 as it is a strong predictor of mortality and morbidity. Radiologic methods (dual energy 
                                 X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or when CT/magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) 
                                 images are available for other reasons) should be used to diagnose sarcopenia. 
                      2.5       A patient who has a diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease should be referred directly to  
                                  Dietitian via the ICE electronic referral system in the following circumstances: 
                                   -     The patient is for nasogastric (NG), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy 
                                         (PEG), radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG) or jejunostomy feeding 
                                         (including if required due to encephalopathy or has oesophageal varices) 
                                   -     The patient has had NO nutritional intake for more than 10 days 
                                   -     The patient reports food allergies or food hypersensitivity/intolerances  
                                   -     Specialist advice is required following diagnosis, or a full nutritional assessment 
                                         is required in response to clinical judgement (i.e. steatorrhoea, high risk-of 
                                         feeding syndrome) 
                                   -     Patient requires assessment and provision of a therapeutic diet e.g. metabolic 
                                   -     Acute liver disease (fulminant hepatic failure) 
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                      Dietetic and Nutritional Management of Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease Guideline 
                      V2 approved by PGC on 17 December 2021   Trust ref: B19/2017                                                  next review: February 2025 
                      NB: paper copies may not be the most recent version.  The most up to date version is held in the Policy and Guideline Library on PAGL  
                       
                      2.6 The procedure for implementing the Nutritional Care Pathway for adult inpatients with 
                            Chronic Liver Disease (Appendix 1) is tabled below. It details actions to be taken, who is 
                            responsible for ensuring it is actioned and the rationale for this. 
                         
                        No.          Action                                                                          Responsibility 
                        1            Adult inpatients diagnosed with chronic liver disease  Medical Team and Nursing 
                                     that are for active medical treatment should Team 
                                     commence the first line nutritional care plan for adult 
                                     inpatients  with chronic liver disease  and bedtime 
                                     snack menu (see Appendix 2 and 3) as indicated in 
                                     the Nutritional Care Pathway flowchart (see 
                                     Appendix 1). 
                        2            A copy of Appendices 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 must be  Nursing Team 
                                     placed at the front of the patient’s bed side notes. 
                        3            It must be documented on the electronic handover  Medical Team and Nursing 
                                     system if the patient is on the Nutritional Care  Team 
                                     Pathway for Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver 
                                     Disease.  
                        4            It must be documented in the patient’s health Medical Team and Nursing 
                                     records if they are on the Nutritional Care Pathway  Team 
                                     for Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease. 
                        5            Estimate dry body weight after each time a patient is  Nursing Team 
                                     weighed (which must be at least twice a week).   
                                     To use Appendix 4 to aid in estimating dry weight. 
                                     To use Appendix 5 to document dry weight. 
                                     This must be documented clearly and medical team 
                                     informed prior to prescribing Fortisip Compact 
                                     Protein. 
                        6            Complete screening for risk of refeeding syndrome  Medical Team 
                                     on all adult inpatients with chronic liver disease on   
                                     admission to the unit/ward.  See Appendix 2 of Trust 
                                     guidance  B55/2006 ‘Out of Hours Enteral Tube  
                                     Feeding (Nasogastric) Adults UHL Guideline’  and   
                                     place completed appendix in medical notes.                                       
                                       - If at risk of re-feeding syndrome,  medical team   
                                         are recommended to check potassium, 
                                         phosphate and magnesium levels and, if 
                                                                                                                      
                                         indicated, correct as per UHL policy.                                        
                                       - If at risk or high risk of  
                                         re-feeding syndrome, the medical team are  
                                         recommended to prescribe appropriate vitamin   
                                         preparations as indicated in the Nutritional Care   
                                         Pathway for Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver 
                      Dietetic and Nutritional Management of Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease Guideline 
                      V2 approved by PGC on 17 December 2021   Trust ref: B19/2017                                                  next review: February 2025 
                      NB: paper copies may not be the most recent version.  The most up to date version is held in the Policy and Guideline Library on PAGL  
                       
                                         Disease (see Appendix 1) and monitor Medical Team and Nursing 
                                         biochemistry accordingly.                                                   Team 
                                       - For patients identified to be at high risk of  
                                         re-feeding syndrome, they must be referred to the 
                                         Dietitian via the electronic referral system ICE. 
                        7            If any of the criteria in the ‘KEY POINTS’ section of  Medical Team and Nursing 
                                     the Nutritional Care Pathway for Adult Inpatients with  Team 
                                     Chronic Liver Disease (see Appendix 1) are met, the 
                                     patient must be referred to the ward Dietitian 
                                     immediately via the electronic referral system ICE. 
                        8            For individuals with one or more of the following:  Medical Team and Nursing 
                                     ascites, oesophageal varices, hepatic Team 
                                     encephalopathy,  steatorrhea; follow the specific 
                                     dietary advice for these symptoms as indicated in 
                                     the Nutritional Care Pathway for Adult Inpatients with 
                                     Chronic Liver Disease (see Appendix 1). 
                        9            Nurses should review food charts on Day 4 using                                 Nursing Team 
                                     Appendix 7: Food  Record Chart ‘Ready-Reckoner 
                                     and refer to the Nutritional Care Pathway for Adult 
                                     Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease (see Appendix 
                                     1) to determine what action needs to be taken. 
                                       - If the individual has a poor intake or nasogastric 
                                         (NG) tube feeding is indicated, a referral to the 
                                         Dietitian via the electronic referral system must 
                                         be made 
                                       - If the individual has a good intake, current care 
                                         should continue. 
                                     This should be repeated on Day 7 and every 3 days 
                                     thereafter. 
                        10           Discharge Planning: If a patient has been prescribed  Medical and Nursing Team  
                                     oral nutritional supplements a 3 day supply should 
                                     be provided with TTO’s (or up to 7 days based on 
                                     ward Dietitian advice).  
                                     If patient has been following a low salt diet as an 
                                     inpatient the diet sheet “Liver Disease -  How to 
                                     Reduce the Salt in Your Diet” should be provided 
                                     (Appendix 6) 
                                     If there are on-going nutritional concerns refer to 
                                     Primary Care Dietitians if not already been referred 
                                     to the ward Dietitians, via patient’s GP on discharge 
                                     letter.    
                       
                       
                      Dietetic and Nutritional Management of Adult Inpatients with Chronic Liver Disease Guideline 
                      V2 approved by PGC on 17 December 2021   Trust ref: B19/2017                                                  next review: February 2025 
                      NB: paper copies may not be the most recent version.  The most up to date version is held in the Policy and Guideline Library on PAGL  
                       
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