A review of nutrition support for transplant patients.
Renal, hepatic, and cardiac transplantation are now recognized as acceptable methods for treating end-stage organ failure. Obtaining optimum results in such patients requires not only skillful surgical technique and postoperative immunosuppression but also stabilization of the patient preoperatively. This stabilization includes a number of physiologic parameters. One of the most important of these is the correction of preexisting nutritional deficits. Each type of end-stage organ disease creates unique nutritional problems. This article reviews these deficiencies and makes recommendations as to the appropriate nutrition protocols that can optimize results in the patient who undergoes organ transplantation.
Baron
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Waymack
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D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*