RT Book, Section
A1 Wieman, Renee
A1 Kocoshis, Samuel A.
A2 Goday, Praveen S.
A2 Mehta, Nilesh M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105179320
T1 Nutrition Management of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation or Intestinal Transplantation
T2 Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179852-5
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105179320
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  rates  of  morbidity  and  mortality  following  liver  transplantation  are  directly  related  to  the  degree  of  malnutrition  at  the  time  of  transplantation.  Pediatric  patients,  like  adults,  are  predisposed  to  all  of  the  consequences  of  end-stage  liver  disease,  such  as  ascites,  pruritus,  encephalopathy,  and  portal  hypertension,  but  the  impact  on  growth  and  development  is  unique  to  the  pediatric  population.1  Protein-energy  malnutrition  and  growth  failure  are  an  inevitable  consequence  observed  in  60%  of  infants  and  children  with  chronic  liver  disease.2