A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY OF PREOPERATIVE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION IN PATIENTS AWAITING ELECTIVE ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION1

Abstract

Enteral supplementation improved some parameters of nutritional status pretransplant. Dietary intake of patients in the two groups was similar at transplant. Nutritional supplementation has not increased nutritional intake, although this may reflect the importance of regular dietetic input and support, rather than suggesting that nutritional supplementation is ineffective. Supplementation had no effect on outcome of liver transplantation.