TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Nutrition Management of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation or Intestinal Transplantation A1 - Wieman, Renee A1 - Kocoshis, Samuel A. A2 - Goday, Praveen S. A2 - Mehta, Nilesh M. PY - 2015 T2 - Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105179320 ER -