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Nutritional support in renal failure.

W P Steffee

    The Surgical Clinics of North America
    |June 1, 1981
    PubMed
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    Nutritional support is crucial for patients with renal failure. Early dialysis allows for optimal nutrient delivery, challenging the notion of severe dietary restriction in kidney disease.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nephrology
    • Clinical Nutrition
    • Critical Care Medicine

    Background:

    • Nutritional intervention significantly alters the clinical course of various disorders.
    • Patients with renal failure often face restricted nutritional support, despite its importance.
    • Meeting nutrient requirements is challenging with impaired renal regulatory function.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To advocate for comprehensive nutritional support in patients with renal failure.
    • To challenge the practice of severe protein and nutrient restriction without dialysis.
    • To highlight the need for evidence-based guidelines on nutritional therapy in renal failure.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of current practices and rationale for nutritional support in renal failure.
    • Discussion of the role of dialysis in enabling nutritional intervention.
    • Identification of limitations in existing research and the need for further studies.

    Main Results:

    • Dialysis should be instituted for acute oliguric renal failure to allow maximal patient support.
    • Severe restriction of protein and nutrients without dialysis lacks strong rationale.
    • Near-normal nutritional delivery should be maintained once dialysis is initiated.

    Conclusions:

    • Nutritional support should not be withheld from patients with renal failure.
    • Dialysis facilitates adequate nutritional intervention, making severe dietary restriction unnecessary.
    • Prospective, randomized controlled trials are essential to resolve controversies regarding optimal amino acid solutions for patients on dialysis.

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