TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lundberg, Christine
AU  - Horslen, Simon
AU  - Mortensen, Melissa
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/07/17
TI  - Nutritional Management for Infants and Children Pre and Post-Liver Transplant
JO  - OBM Transplantation
SP  - 073
VL  - 03
IS  - 03
AB  - Background: Infants and children undergoing liver transplant require ongoing nutritional evaluation throughout the pre and post-transplant period. The pathophysiologic causes of chronic liver disease and acute liver failure are varied, and each present different and unique nutritional challenges.
Methods: A review of the literature and Seattle Children's established guidelines for nutritional management of pediatric liver transplant patients was conducted.
Results: We present guidelines of care to optimize nutrition status of infants and children in the pre and post-transplant phases.
Conclusion: While malnutrition is common in the child with liver failure, it is also treatable when approached with a multidisciplinary focus on identification of clinical symptoms.
SN  - 2577-5820
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.1903073
DO  - 10.21926/obm.transplant.1903073
ID  - Lundberg2019
ER  -