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[Treatment of chronic renal failure: effects of a supplemented diet with essential amino acids].

Abstract
We evaluated the results of essential amino acids supplementation added to a protein restricted diet (0.6 g/kg/day) in patients with advanced renal failure (creatinine clearance under 20 ml/min). A diet containing food with high biologic value was used as control. Diets were tested during 7 months. Anthropometric and nutritional (serum albumin and transferrin) values were normal in both groups both at the beginning and at the end of the treatment period. A slight increase in weight in the natural diet group and in serum phosphorus level in the amino acid supplemented group was observed. Two patients in each group required chronic dialysis, renal function remaining stable in the rest. We conclude that both forms of diet supplementation were effective in preserving nutritional status possibly in delaying deterioration of renal function in patients with advanced renal failure.
AuthorsE Muñoz, V Aicardi, A Morales, S Hirsch, M Petermann, D Bunout, J Morales
JournalRevista medica de Chile (Rev Med Chil) Vol. 118 Issue 3 Pg. 259-63 (Mar 1990) ISSN: 0034-9887 [Print] Chile
Vernacular TitleTratamiento de la insuficiencia renal crónica: efectos de una dieta suplementada con aminoácidos esenciales.
PMID2131504 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Amino Acids, Essential
Topics
  • Amino Acids, Essential (therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Food, Fortified
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic (diet therapy)
  • Male
  • Nutritional Status
  • Prognosis

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