title: Nutrition in children with CRF and on dialysis.
abstract: The objectives of this study are: (1) to understand the importance of nutrition in normal growth; (2) to review the methods of assessing nutritional status; (3) to review the dietary requirements of normal children throughout childhood, including protein, energy, vitamins and minerals; (4) to review recommendations for the nutritional requirements of children with chronic renal failure (CRF) and on dialysis; (5) to review reports of spontaneous nutritional intake in children with CRF and on dialysis; (6) to review the epidemiology of nutritional disturbances in renal disease, including height, weight and body composition; (7) to review the pathological mechanisms underlying poor appetite, abnormal metabolic rate and endocrine disturbances in renal disease; (8) to review the evidence for the benefit of dietetic input, dietary supplementation, nasogastric and gastrostomy feeds and intradialytic nutrition; (9) to review the effect of dialysis adequacy on nutrition; (10) to review the effect of nutrition on outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrourology, Gt Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Gt Ormond St, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. L.Rees@ich.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins