Nutrition profile of a liver transplant recipient

Abstract

Malnutrition is almost universally present in patients undergoing liver transplantation. In this report, a male adult patient was followed from his pre-liver transplant phase until chronic post-transplant phase (3 months after the transplant). Improvement in nutrition status, quality of life, and performance status was seen from the pre-transplant to chronic post-transplant phase. Day to day nutrition monitoring and gradual increase in calorie and protein intake was seen in the acute post-transplant phase, but during pre- and chronic post-transplant phase, lack of nutrition support was observed in the patient.

Keywords

Liver transplant / malnutrition / nutrition profile

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