title: Nutritional support in renal failure.
abstract: Adequate protein intake is necessary in renal failure to reduce morbidity. The desire to avoid dialysis should not be a justification to starve patients, particularly because fed patients have better survival rates in acute renal failure. The treatment techniques for renal failure may be used secondarily as a delivery route for nutrients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Compher
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D006435:Renal Dialysis