Aspectos nutricionales relacionados con los trasplantes de precursores hematopoyéticos, pulmonar y hepático

Nutrition plays an essential role in the processes of healing and maintaining health. Nutritional intervention is required in the recovery of malnourished patients and is cost-effective. Malnutrition is common in patients waiting for an organ transplant and represents a risk factor for post-transplant morbidity. Patients at any stage of the transplantation process are at high nutritional risk and should undergo careful nutritional assessment for the early identification of nutritional support requirements. There are only a few prospective, randomized, controlled trials that have investigated the role of nutritional support in organ transplantation. This review discusses some of the most important issues in nutritional support in candidates for hematopoietic stem cell, lung, and liver transplantation.