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Title of the article

Intradialytic parenteral nutrition does not improve survival in malnourished hemodialysis patients: a 2-year multicenter, prospective, randomized study.

Authors

Cano NJ, Fouque D, Roth H, Aparicio M, Azar R, Canaud B, Chauveau P, Combe C, Laville M, Leverve XM; the French Study Group for Nutrition in Dialysis.

Journal
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Sep;18(9):2583-2591. Epub 2007 Jul 26.
Subject Consultant
P. Stenvinkel
Score (1 to 3 stars)
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Comments
This randomized trial in 186 malnourished HD-pts receiving 1 year of intradialytic parenteral nutrition showed no survival benefit or decreased hospitalization rate.