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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/39525| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Nutrition therapy: integral part of liver transplant care |
| Authors: | Lucilene Rezende Anastácio Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia |
| Abstract: | Managing malnutrition before liver transplantation (LTx) while on the waiting list and, excessive weight gain/metabolic disturbances in post-surgery are still a challenge in LTx care. The aim of this review is to support an interdisciplinary nutrition approach of these patients. Cirrhotic patients are frequently malnourished before LTx and this is associated with a poor prognosis. Although the relation between nutritional status versus survival, successful operation and recovery after LTx is well established, prevalence of malnutrition before the operation is still very high. Emerging research has also demonstrated that sarcopenia pre and post-transplant is highly prevalent, despite the weight gain in the postoperative period. The diagnosis of the nutritional status is the first step to address the adequate nutritional therapy. Nutritional recommendations and therapy to manage the nutritional status of LTx patients are discussed in this review, regarding counseling on adequate diets and findings of the latest research on using certain immunonutrients in these patients (branched chain amino-acids, pre and probiotics). Nutrition associated complications observed after transplantation is also described. They are commonly related to the adverse effects of immunosuppressive drugs, leading to hyperkalemia, hyperglycemia and weight gain. Excessive weight gain and post-transplant metabolic disorders have long been described in post-LTx and should be addressed in order to reduce associated morbidity and mortality. |
| Subject: | Terapia nutricional Transplante de fígado |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | FAR - DEPARTAMENTO DE ALIMENTOS |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.3748/wjg.v22.i4.1513 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/39525 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721984/pdf/WJG-22-1513.pdf |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | World Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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