Liver transplant is the goal treatment for every patient with end-stage chronic liver disease. Quality of life improves after transplant because the main complications of end-stage liver disease disappear, but due to immunosuppression other alterations appear such as metabolic alterations, weight gain, among others. Body composition and nutritional status can be affected do to post-transplant pharmacologic therapy.
Body composition and nutritional status can be affected due to post-transplant pharmacologic therapy. This is a prospective cohort study, patients from liver transplant waiting list will be assessed, pre and post-transplant measures of body composition and nutritional status will be obtained.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
RECRUITINGBody composition
Body composition will be assessed through bioelectrical impedance vector analysis graph.
Time frame: Baseline, 7 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months post-tranpslant
Liver function tests
Time frame: Baseline, 7 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months post-tranpslant
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