Nutritional Assessment and Dietary Requirements in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Literature Review as A Clinical Guideline

Kidney transplantation is usually performed as a preferred treatment and last resort in chronic kidney disease after the end stage of renal disease. Considering that nutrition can play an essential role in post-transplant recovery, the aim of this study was to review the nutritional assessment and dietary requirements of kidney transplant patients. Articles were collected via searching in databases such as PubMed-Medline, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science using relevant keywords and phrases, including kidney transplantation, end stage renal disease, nutrition, dietary intake, nutritional assessment, and nutrition evaluation. Medical nutrition therapy can play a vital role in the recovery after transplantation in kidney failure patients. It seems that nutritional and medical evaluation through laboratory methods, vital signs, and anthropometric measurements are necessary to improve the quality of nutritional interventions after kidney transplantation and can help to decrease the risk of kidney transplant rejection, therefore periodic evaluation and follow-up of these patients can lead to beneficial results.