title: [Nutritional therapy in liver transplantation].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malnutrition, sometimes severe is common in patients with chronic hepatic diseases who are candidates for liver transplantation. Nutritional therapy can induce partial or total correction of such deficiencies, improving clinical conditions and prognosis of patients who face the great defiance of liver transplantation.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Brief revision of hepatic role in the metabolism of several nutrients. Description of available methods of dietary therapy and its application both under different abnormal hepatic conditions and pre and post-transplant periods. The role of nutritional intervention in metabolic side effects due to immunosuppressive drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nutritional therapy is a valuable adjuvant resource to the clinical treatment of candidates and submitted patients to hepatic transplantation providing better prognosis and improved life quality.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Transplante Hepático, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil. mbparolin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mônica Beatriz
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Parolin
authors.forename: Francisca Eugênia
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Zaina
authors.forename: Reginaldo Werneck
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000178:diet therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care