title: [What is the benefit of the new European nutritional guidelines for dialysis?].
abstract: Nutritional guidelines are scarce for patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis. In this review, we address the recent European guidelines released in 2007. They include diagnosis and follow-up criteria for malnutrition to be performed routinely. They provide new values for protein and energy requirements, based on physical activity. Vitamins and trace elements requirements are proposed. The renutrition therapies are addressed, i.e., oral supplement, enteral and intradialytic parenteral nutrition. Finally, androgens, quotidian dialysis and acidosis treatment are also considered.
authors.affiliation: Département de Néphrologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juillard
authors.forename: Fitsum
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guebre-Egziabher
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fouque
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D018529:Nutritional Support; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D006435:Renal Dialysis