EFFECTS OF OMEGA-3 AND PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON NUTRITIONAL AND INFLAMMATORY INDICES IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS - A PILOT STUDY.

• Main Authors: Azuan Mat Daud Zulfitri (Author), Boniface Tubie (Author), Judy Adams (Author), Tracey Quinton (Author), Robert Osia (Author), Sharon Tubie (Author), Deepinder Kaur (Author), Pramod Khosla (Author), Marina Sheyman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intervention to correct malnutrition and chronic inflammation in dialysis patients is often impeded by poor compliance due to medical and socioeconomic barriers. Therefore we performed a pilot study to investigate the technical feasibility of "directly observed treatment" of nutritional su...