The study is an unblinded randomized trial, designed to examine whether gastric- or jejunal feeding tubes are the most effect full to feed patients with alcoholic liver diseases and non-sufficient oral intake. The primary outcome will be differences in nutrition intake between the groups. Secondary outcomes will be: the amount of unplanned tube discontinuations; handgrip and patients' quality of life, nausea \& vomiting. The study will include 40 patients at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Differences in nutrition intake
Timeframe: Day 3 & 7 and every 7th. day until discharge from the hospital, up to 3 months