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Impact of Pretransplant Growth Retardation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
1 Jul 2006
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OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition frequently complicates end-stage liver disease and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in pediatric patients. Pretransplant malnutrition has been associated with increased post-OLT mortality and length of stay in adults. The relationship between pre-OLT nutritional status and post-OLT outcomes in pediatric liver transplant recipients, however, is not well studied. METHODS: The records...
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