[Fat emulsions in parenteral feeding following liver transplantation. I. Effect on the recovery of RES function in the transplant].

Following liver transplantation, the effect of postoperative parenteral nutrition with MCT/LCT fatty emulsions on the recovery of RES function in the allograft was investigated in a randomised prospective study of three groups of patients (group I: 50 g MCT/LCT fats twice weekly, group II: 0.7 g/kg body weight per day MCT/LCT fats, group III: 1.5 g/kg body weight per day MCT/LCT fats). RES function was assessed using 99mTc-HSA-MM clearance. There were no statistically significant differences in the recovery of RES function after transplantation between the three groups. A negative effect on RES function as a result of the administration of MCT/LCT fats up to 1.5 g/kg body weight per day can therefore be excluded.