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1763336

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
The consequences of malnutrition and impact of nutritional support on the liver transplant patient have not been adequately addressed in clinical research studies. As we have gained experience in assessing patients for transplantation surgery, the risks of malnutrition have been realized. Part of the success of liver transplantation today is related to improved timing of surgery, patient selection, and perioperative management. Malnutrition is one of the adverse risk factors that is potentially reversible and therefore specialized nutritional support techniques should be able to improve postsurgical outcome. However, the performance and interpretation of nutritional research has been impeded by difficulties in separating the effects of liver dysfunction from disturbances secondary to nutritional deficiencies; for example, hypoproteinemia would be a consequence of both. Through the use of multivariate prognostic formulas and development of better nutritional indices for patients with liver disease, it should be possible to identify those patients who will receive the greatest benefit from preoperative and perioperative nutritional support. Furthermore, the kinds of nutritional supplementation having the greatest impact could then be determined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0272-8087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of malnutrition and its therapy on liver transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review