Evaluation of Nutritional Status As a prognostic Indicator for the Outcome in Liver Transplant Recipients

Abstract

Mal-nutrition is a common complication of the end- stage liver disease and associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates.

Numerous studies have proved that pre-operative mal- nutrition is related to higher risk of surgical morbidities and mortalities in general surgical patients. Mal-nourished patients tend to have high rates of infectious complications, prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay, hospital stay and increased mortality.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nutritional status pre-liver transplant on recipients’ course and the outcome post-transplant.

Pre-operative nutritional assessment with Subjective global assessment (SGA) was done retrospectively for 52 patients, categorized as well-nourished, mild, moderate and severe mal-nourished and followed for post-operative course.

According to pre-operative demographic data of our study; age, gender and co-morbidities of patients did not have any correlation with the nutritional status. However