title: [Weekly dialysis integrated with low-protein diet and essential amino acids. Preliminary data].
abstract: The possibility of applying a once-a-week dialysis programme supplemented with hypoproteic diet as an adequate technique for starting the uraemic patient on dialysis is examined. Thirteen patients have been so treated, 7 of them currently under treatment for a global period of observation of 46 months. At the moment dialysis began, mean glomerular filtrate was 5.14 ml/min. Once-a-week dialytic treatment with bicarbonate dialysis was associated with a hypoproteic diet of 0.5 g/kg/die of proteins, supplemented with essential amino acids. This treatment showed excellent dialytic tolerance, the values of dialysis start blood nitrogen were lower than 200 mg/dl and dialytic efficiency was compatible with a Kt/v greater than 1.1. There was no observation of any subjective or objective symptomatology that could be related to dialytic inadequacy. Taken as a whole these results make it possible to state that this type of approach permits a gradual start to dialysis and deserves further study.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore di Chieri, Torino.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Amicone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manzione
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gurioli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biselli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Priasca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agagliati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D003404:Creatinine; D011188:Potassium
vernacular_title: Dialisi monosettimanale integrata con dieta ipoproteica e aminoacidi essenziali. Dati preliminari.