A salt restricted in-hospital diet is well accepted by cirrhotic patients

Introduction: Current guidelines recommend salt-restriction for patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Since a salt-restricted diet may be less palatable, the loss of appetite with resulting malnutrition is a potential problem. To avoid such complications, the diet should take the flavour and food preferences of the patients into account. The in-hospital diet for liver cirrhosis patients at the University Hospital Graz, has a reduced amount of salt with an average of 6,6 g NaCI/d which conforms to the recommendations of a healthy diet. The aim of this survey was to assess the acceptance of this diet. Methods…