title: Parenteral nutrition offers no benefit over oral supplementation in malnourished hemodialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, S-3223 MCN, 1161 21st Avenue South and Garland, Nashville, TN 37232-2372, USA. alp.ikizler@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: T Alp
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ikizler
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins