Parenteral nutrition in patients with renal failure – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 17

Partial EN (enteral nutrition) should always be aimed for in patients with renal failure that require nutritional support. Nevertheless PN (parenteral nutrition) may be necessary in renal failure in patient groups with acute or chronic renal failure (ARF or CRF) and additional acute diseases but wit...

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Main Authors: Druml, W., Kierdorf, H. P., Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000070.shtml