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Dietary Management of Renal Failure in Infants and ChildrenPrinciples of Nutritional Therapy and Some Representative DietsGeorge Washington University Department of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Childrens Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., M.D., Childrens Hospital National Medical Center, 2125 13th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. The continued success of hemodialysis and later kidney trans plantation when feasible have made these the accepted and recognized modes of therapy for children with terminal renal disease. As survival rates improve, dietary therapy is most important in bring ing the patients to transplant in the best possible condition. The present paper not only reviews the known nutritional principles in the control of renal failure, but also offers practical guidelines and diets for good management of uremic infants and children.
Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 12, No. 12,
707-712 (1973) This article has been cited by other articles:
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