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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Juarez MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6180187 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Frontiers in pediatrics 20181004
Children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis are at increased risk for malnutrition. Aggressive nutrition intervention such as intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) should be considered to prevent further co-morbidities and mortality associated with malnutrition when other interventions fail. IDPN is a non-invasive method of providing nutrition to malnourished hemodialysis (HD) patients via the HD access throughout the HD treatment. Although the evidence on the long-term bene ...[more]