| Abstract [eng] |
Chronic kidney disease is one of the leading public health problems associated with an increased risk of morbidity, mortality, and a reduced quality of life; on top of that, it tends to influence changes in the nutritional status of patients. Nutritional and metabolic disorders are common in patients with end-stage renal disease and are caused by decreased appetite, taste changes, inadequate food intake due to severe dietary restrictions, hypercatabolic condition, uremic toxins, and chronic inflammation. Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease which improving patient survival, yet it leads to other challenges pertaining to the nutritional status. Our study was conducted in one of the two transplant centers in Lithuania. The performed analysis allows us to draw reliable conclusions about the nutritional status of the kidney transplant candidates and the patients who already underwent transplantation; the research also allowed us to determine the changes of the nutritional status in the early period after surgery. Our aim in this study was to draw the attention of specialists working with this specific patient population to the importance of the assessment of the nutritional status during all stages of chronic kidney disease, provide information on the frequency and consequences of nutritional disorders, along with assessment, examination methods and preventive measures. |
