title: Nutrition in kidney transplantation.
abstract: Organ transplantation has progressively established itself as the preferred therapy for many end-stage organ failures. However, many of these chronic diseases and their treatments can negatively affect nutritional status, leading to malnutrition and mineral deficiencies.Nutritional status is an important determinant of the clinical outcome of kidney transplant recipients.Malnutrition and obesity may represent a contraindication to transplantation in many cases and may increase the risk of postoperative complications after the transplantation. Nutritional support in kidney transplant recipients is challenging, since it must take into account the pre-transplant nutritional status, the side effects of immunosuppression, the function of the transplanted graft, the presence of infection, and the general status of the patient at the time of the transplantation.With these considerations in mind, we reviewed current literature on the impact of nutritional status on the outcome of kidney transplantation.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veroux
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Nunziata
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sinagra
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tallarita
authors.forename: Burcin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekser
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giaquinta
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zerbo
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veroux
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009752:Nutritional Status; D016896:Treatment Outcome