title: [Prevalence of undernutrition in 143 patients before liver transplantation. The Lausanne experience between 1997 and 2005].
abstract: The prevalence of undernutrition was prospectively studied in 143 patients before liver transplantation between 1997 and 2005. Nutritional assessment is a particularly tricky problem in cirrhosis and mid-arm muscle circumference is considered as the best reliable anthropometric tool. In this prospective study, prevalence rate is very high (61%) and undernutrition is more frequent in alcoholic cirrhotic patients. In conclusion, these patients should benefit from an early dietician intervention before liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Unité de nutrition clinique, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. esther.guex@chuv.ch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guex
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheseaux
authors.forename: P Coti
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Piquet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouvry
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pilon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Halkic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roulet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology