Authors: Lesley Rees Helen Jones
Publish Date: 2012/07/24
Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 527-536
Abstract
Despite continuing improvements in our understanding of the causes of poor growth in chronic kidney disease many unanswered questions remain why do some patients maintain a good appetite whereas others have profound anorexia at a similar level of renal function Why do some but not all patients respond to increased nutritional intake Is feed delivery by gastrostomy superior to oral and nasogastric routes Do children who are no longer in the ‘infancy’ stage of growth benefit from enteral feeding Do patients with protein energy wasting benefit from increased nutritional input How do we prevent obesity which is becoming so prevalent in the developed world This review will address these issues
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