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Examining the Role of Tube Feeding After Liver Transplantation

Baylor Institute of Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Correspondence: Correspondence: Jeanette M. Hasse, PhD, RD, FADA, CNSD, Baylor Institute of Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246. Electronic mail may be sent to jm.hasse{at}baylorhealth.edu.

The rates of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation are related to the degree of malnutrition. Because malnutrition is prevalent among liver transplant recipients, nutrition care practitioners must be aggressive in providing nutrition support to these patients in the perioperative period. Postoperative tube feeding (TF) has been studied for its role in improving short-term posttransplant outcomes. This paper evaluates published research that studied postoperative TF in liver transplant recipients; the methodology and outcomes are reviewed and drawbacks of these studies are considered. Case studies of liver transplant patients who received postoperative TF illustrate the variability of patient profiles and posttransplant complications that influence the provision and duration of posttransplant TF.

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Vol. 21, No. 3, 299-311 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0115426506021003299


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