Malnutrition and chyle leakage: A life‐threatening duo in heart transplantation post‐Fontan procedure

Protein‐losing enteropathy and chyle leakage may lead to severe malnutrition in heart transplantation for failing Fontan. Nutritional management may be challenging from defining nutrient needs to diagnosis of malnutrition enteropathy, and expertise is necessary. Body composition and hematological nu...

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Autores principales: Lezo, Antonella, Aidala, Enrico, Deorsola, Luca, Cascarano, Maria Teresa, Rizzo, Alberta, Iannandrea, Stefania, Peruzzi, Licia, Runfola, Federica, Pace Napoleone, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3060
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Sumario:Protein‐losing enteropathy and chyle leakage may lead to severe malnutrition in heart transplantation for failing Fontan. Nutritional management may be challenging from defining nutrient needs to diagnosis of malnutrition enteropathy, and expertise is necessary. Body composition and hematological nutritional indices may help define malnutrition severity and guide nutritional strategy.

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