What is it about?
Nutrition assessment in liver disease patients is very challenging. The present review tries to overcome the problem but suggesting combination of nutrition assessment tools to analyse nutrition status of the patients.
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Why is it important?
The review focused on the practicality and accessibility of the nutrition assessment tools for liver transplant patients. It suggests not to rely on only one nutrition assessment tool but use of combination of assessment techniques to analyse the nutrition state of the patients.
Perspectives
Previous studies have reported different techniques to assess nutrition state of liver transplant patient. This review focuses to compile all the challenges faced while nutritionally assessing a liver transplant patient ans suggests use of combination of nutrition assessment techniques for liver transplant patients.
Ms Neha Bakshi
Delhi University
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This page is a summary of: Nutrition assessment in patients undergoing liver transplant, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, January 2014, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.142177.
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