Tube feeding in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis.
We feel that tube feeding children on CPD is an important and useful therapy to optimize their growth. Strategies to accelerate growth in such children by using human growth hormone are interesting and await scientific confirmation with controlled trials.
Balfe
J W
JW
Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Nephrology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Secker
D J
DJ
Coulter
P E
PE
Balfe
J A
JA
Geary
D F
DF
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory