ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to analyse daily food rations of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) receiving a supplement containing essential amino acid ketoanalogues (EAAK). The study was carried out on 60 patients with CRF of different etiology. During the progression of CRF, decline of consumption of products being the source of protein and limitation of consumption of products high in energy were observed. This can lead to protein-energy malnutrition. The results of the research emphasize the necessity of providing patients with CRF constant dietician care that would assure possibility to adjust diet to individual needs of every patient as well as to modify it, if necessary, and that would have significant influence on prolongation of the phase of predialysis treatment as well as on better preparation to dialysis.
Subject(s)
Amino Acids, Essential/therapeutic use , Diet, Protein-Restricted/methods , Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage , Keto Acids/therapeutic use , Kidney Failure, Chronic/diet therapy , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Energy Intake , Female , Glomerular Filtration Rate , Humans , Kidney Failure, Chronic/blood , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Nutritional Status , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/etiology , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/prevention & control , Renal Dialysis , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to evaluate daily dietary intake of energy and protein by predialysis patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) receiving a supplement containing essential amino acid ketoanalogues. The study was carried out on 60 patients with CRF of different etiology. Low intake of energy (88% of tested patients) and animal protein (23% of tested patients) were observed, whereas total protein level was too high (33% of tested patients). As a consequence, the analyzed diets were not properly balanced. Our data strongly suggest that constant dietician care is essential to correct protein and energy intake in patients with CRF and can protect them against malnutrition and progression of CFR.