The Benefit of Supplemental Nutrition Education for Severely Malnourished Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant

Progress in Transplantation : Official Publication, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization ... [et Al.]
Amanda J Chaney, Michael G Heckman

Abstract

Nutritional interventions improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality in patients with cirrhosis by reducing infection risk, ascites, length of stay in hospital and intensive care unit, and mortality. Follow-up phone calls have been found to be useful in improving patient adherence to therapy. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine whether supplemental nutrition education would improve nutrition and outcomes among patients with cirrhosis who are undergoing a liver transplant evaluation. In addition, we sought to measure patient adherence with nutritional recommendations and whether patients perceived this additional education improved their nutrition status. The Plan-Do-Study-Ask methodology was used. Addressed 8 patients were enrolled to participate in the supplemental nutrition education, after which they received 3 follow-up phone calls. A retrospective review of data from 10 patients meeting project inclusion criteria were identified by the nutrition specialist and were used as a comparison group. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; comparing data from before and after implementation of the supplemental nutrition education was done. At the end of the 8-week project period, 4 (66.7%) ...Continue Reading

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