Changes in nutritional status after liver transplantation

Table 4 Relationship between nutritional status and outcome after liver transplantation

Ref.	Patients (n)	Parameters used for the assessment of nutritional status	Prevalence of malnutrition	Outcomes related to malnutrition
Pikul et al[64],1994	68	Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment	79%	Prolonged ventilator support
				Increased incidence of tracheostomy
				More days in intensive care unit and hospital
Selberg et al[65], 1997	150	Anthropometry	41%-53%	Decreased 5-yr survival after liver transplantation
		Body composition analysis
		Indirect calorimetry
Harrison et al[66], 1997	102	Anthropometry	79%	Higher risk of infections
		Dietary intake
		Figueiredo et al[7], 2000			53	Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment	87%	More days in intensive care unit
Hand-grip strength	Increased incidence of infections
Body composition analysis
Stephenson et al[68], 2001	99	Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment	100%	Increased blood product requirement
				More days in hospital
Shahid et al[28], 2005	61	Hand-grip strength	Not reported	No correlation
		Anthropometry
de Luis et al[69], 2006	31	Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment	Not reported	No correlation
		Body composition analysis
		Dietary intake
Merli et al[70], 2010	38	Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment	53%	More days in intensive care unit and hospital
		Anthropometry		Increased incidence of infections
		Indirect calorimetry
		Dietary intake
Englesbe et al[71], 2010	163	Psoas muscle area (CT evaluation)	Not reported	Decreased 1-yr survival

CT: Computed tomography.