The serum free fatty acid levels were 571±240 μEq/L in patients with chronic hepatitis and 780±240 μEq/L; the serum free fatty acid levels were significantly higher in chronic hepatitis than in chronic hepatitis than in cirrhosis. The elevation of serum free fatty acid in cirrhosis is caused by starvation.
The serum free fatty acid levels were significantly decreased after the meal. 200 kcal of a nutritional supplement (Calorie Mate JERRY; Otsuka Pharmace-utical, Japan) was given to the patients before abdominal ultrasonography.
The free fatty acids levels were significantly decreased after a nutritional supplement.
Calorie Mate JERRY as a nutritional supplement improve metabolic disorder caused by fasting before abdominal ultrasonograhy.
