Interventions to treat malnutrition in dialysis patients: The role of the dose of dialysis, intradialytic parenteral nutrition, and growth hormone

Protein and calorie malnutrition often starts before initiation of dialysis, and reflects the anorexia and the catabolic state of chronic renal failure. In the face of inadequate dialysis, which perpetuates the uremic state, malnutrition often worsens. Several studies, though not all, suggest that o...

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