Special Issue

Diets and Transplantation

Submission Deadline: October 30, 2018 (Closed)

Guest Editor

Mohammed Moghadasian, PhD

Professor of Nutrition, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Research Interests: Diet; Lipoprotein metabolism; Coronary artery disease; Diet-Drug Interaction; Diets and Transplantation

About This Topic

This issue of the Journal aims to discuss current research and clinical data on the benefits of dietary agents on survival of transplanted organs and tissues. Special attention will be made on the interactions between dietary agents and anti-rejection drugs. Dietary managements of various conditions associated with transplant procedures will also be discussed. Efforts will be made to educate the readers of the importance of the diets in transplant patients in regard to their stage of life cycle. While the main focus of discussion will be on the benefits of dietary agents for prolongation of the life of transplanted organs and tissues, a number of dietary agents and/or diets which may be contraindicated in transplant subjects will be included.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (transplantation@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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Publication

Open Access Review Nutritional Management for Infants and Children Pre and Post-Liver Transplant by Melissa Mortensen  , Christine Lundberg  and Simon Horslen Received: 05 December 2018;  Published: 17 July 2019;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1903073 Abstract Background: Infants and children undergoing liver transplant require ongoing nutritional evaluation throughout the pre and post-transplant period. The pathophysiologic causes of chronic liver disease and acute liver failure are varied, and each present different and unique nutritional challenges. Methods: A review of the literature and Seattle [...]

Open Access Opinion The Conundrum of High Body Mass Index in Kidney Transplant Patients by Maria Irene Bellini  , Joseph Ayathamattam  and Paul Elliot Herbert Received: 19 October 2018;  Published: 19 November 2018;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1804026 Abstract Obesity is on the rise and the number of end stage renal disease patients who are obese parallel this trend. There is no universally accepted guideline for wait-listing end stage renal disease obese patients in order to reduce short-term complications and improve long-term survival of the kidney graft. Criteria for acceptance are variable [...]

Open Access Original Research Early Nutrition during Critical Illness in Pediatric Patients Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation by Alicia M Teagarden  , Emma M Tillman  and Courtney M Rowan Received: 24 April 2018;  Published: 29 October 2018;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1804022 Abstract Background: Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients are a high-risk population for poor nutrition and decreased survival. There is little data on how nutrition in pediatric HCT patients affects need for critical care interventions and outcomes. Methods: We hypothesized that patients who did not meet goal nutrition by 72 hours post-admissi [...]