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Parenteral nutrition offers no benefit over oral supplementation in malnourished hemodialysis patients

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boxed-textCano NJ et al. (2007) Intradialytic parenteral nutrition does not improve survival in malnourished hemodialysis patients: a 2-year multicenter, prospective, randomized study. J Am Soc Nephrol 18: 2583–2591

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The author has received grant/research support from Abbott Renal Care, Medical Nutrition and NovoNordisk, speakers bureau honoraria from Abbott Renal Care, NovoNordisk and NutrePletion, and he has acted as a consultant for NovoNordisk.

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