Association between Oral Nutritional Supplementation and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with ESRD

Oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) was provided to ESRD patients with hypoalbuminemia as part of Fresenius Medical Care Health Plan's (FMCHP) disease management. This study evaluated the association between FMCHP's ONS program and clinical outcomes. Analyses included FMCHP patients wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2013-01, Vol.8 (1), p.100-107
Hauptverfasser:	Cheu, Christine, Pearson, Jeffrey, Dahlerus, Claudia, Lantz, Brett, Chowdhury, Tania, Sauer, Peter F, Farrell, Robert E, Port, Friedrich K, Ramirez, Sylvia P B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Dietary Supplements Disease Management Female Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Hypoalbuminemia - diet therapy Hypoalbuminemia - mortality Kaplan-Meier Estimate Kidney Failure, Chronic - diet therapy Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Male Medicare Middle Aged Original Program Evaluation Protein-Energy Malnutrition - diet therapy Protein-Energy Malnutrition - mortality Renal Dialysis - mortality Serum Albumin United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) was provided to ESRD patients with hypoalbuminemia as part of Fresenius Medical Care Health Plan's (FMCHP) disease management. This study evaluated the association between FMCHP's ONS program and clinical outcomes. Analyses included FMCHP patients with ONS indication (n=470) defined as 2-month mean albumin
ISSN:	1555-9041 1555-905X
DOI:	10.2215/CJN.13091211