Nutritional consideration for patients with organ transplants.
The immune response of the recipient and the therapeutics of immunomodulation significantly alter the relationship between allograft function and the composition and quantity of substrate. Successful management of nutrition along with post-transplant complications and drug therapy is of critical importance.
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ 07112.
M S
MS
Karetzky
D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000379:methods*