title: Maintaining adequate nutrition on dialysis.
abstract: Patients with kidney failure are at particular risk from malnutrition and they must be regularly monitored and assessed if it is to be avoided. This article examines a multidisciplinary approach in a dialysis unit and discusses methods of nutritional assessment and treatment that are available.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000451:nursing*