Table 3.

Post-operative nutritional interventions and outcome for the six months duration before and after liver transplant.

Patient ID		#1	#2	#3	#4	#5
Total protein intake (g/day)	Pre-LT	30.0	24.9	13.8	20.1	15.9
	Post-LT	42.0	23.3	22.5	30.7	18.0
Total protein intake (g/kg/day)	Pre-LT	0.70	1.03	0.98	1.10	1.00
	Post-LT	0.81	0.81	1.36	1.59	0.99
Intact protein (% total daily protein intake)	Pre-LT	67.22	87.74	100.00	70.19	71.72
	Post-LT	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Linear growth with height z-score	Pre-LT	N/A	0.81	−0.85	−2.33	−2.22
	Post-LT	N/A	0.82	−0.12	−2.85	−2.28
Weight z-score (except for #1)	Pre-LT	45.7 kg	2.21	−0.80	−2.33	0.43
	Post-LT	51.7 kg	1.46	1.1	−2.85	0.18
Carnitine dose (mg/kg/day)	Pre-LT	53.3	136.9	20.3	48.4	56.5
	Post-LT	11.6	51.8	18.2	40.2	26.5
Extubating Day		POD#2	POD#1	POD#6	POD#9	POD#6
TPN		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TPN duration		N/A	4 days (POD#1–4)	5 days (POD#3–7)	10 days (POD#1–10)	15 days (POD#1–15)
Highest TPN Protein Dose (g/kg/day)		N/A	0.78	1.00	1.00	1.34
Insulin use		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Albumin infusion		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Albumin dose		1.25 g/kg × 1 day	0.5 g/kg × 4 days	0.5 g/kg × 2 days, 1.0 g/kg × 5 days	0.5 g/kg × 2 days, 1.0 g/kg × 1 day	0.5 g/kg × 3 days, 1.0 g/kg × 1 day
Enteral feeding initiation		POD#3	POD#3	POD#6	POD#2 failed. POD#10	POD#7 failed. POD#14
Feeding complications		No	No	No	Feeding intolerance with vomiting	Feeding intolerance with vomiting
Post-op inpatient nutrition protein goal (g/kg/day)		1.5–2.0	1.0–1.5	1.0–1.5	1.2–2.0	1.5
Stable protein dose achievement		POD#4	POD#5	POD#14	POD#12	POD#12
Miscellaneous		Maximum protein intake as high as 1.6 g/kg/day during admission for transplant		Protein increased additionally after discharge		Protein goal was decreased due to worsening renal dysfunction 3 months after transplant

POD; post-operative day, TPN; total parenteral nutrition, N/A; not assessed.