Dietary protein intake less than 1.2 g/kg/day benefits chinese maintenance hemodialysis patients

• Main Authors: Haiming Li (Author), Mengjin Wang (Author), Chunhai Shao (Author), Li You (Author), Bihong Huang (Author), Yong Gu (Author), Shanyan Lin (Author), Chuanming Hao (Author), Jing Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The K/DOQI guidelines recommend that MHD patients have a dietary protein intake (DPI) of at least 1.2 g/ kg/day to avoid malnutrition. It is hard for most Chinese MHD patients to meet the criteria. To know the nutritional status and metabolic results of different DPI in our patients is necessary. Pa...