End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Lose a Substantial Amount of Amino Acids during Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Poor nutritional status is frequently observed in end-stage renal disease patients and associated with adverse clinical outcomes and increased mortality. Loss of amino acids (AAs) during hemodialysis (HD) may contribute to protein malnutrition in these patients. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the extent of AA loss during HD in end-stage renal disease patients consuming their habitual diet. METHODS:Ten anuric chronic HD patients (mean ± SD age: 67.9 ± 19.3 y, BMI: 23.2 ± 3.5 kg/m2), undergoing HD 3 times per week, were selected to participate in this study. Spent dialysate was collected continuously and plasma samples were obtained directly before and after a single HD session in each participant. AA profiles in spent dialysate and in pre-HD and post-HD plasma were measured through

SUBMITTER: Hendriks FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7198312 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature