Protein requirement of patients on CAPD: A study on nitrogen balance

The International Journal of Artificial OrgansPublished 1 January 1980

Carla Giordano, Natale G. De Santo, M. Pluvio, Valentina Leo, G Capodicasa, D Cirillo

DOI10.1177/039139888000300105

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This work was presented in part at the 12th Annual Contractor's Conference of the National Institutes of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, Bethesda, USA, January 15, 1979 and the Congress of the International Society for Artificial Internal Organs at the symposium on CAPD, New York Hilton,New York, April 19, 1979.

Abstract

Nitrogen balance studies were performed in 8 patients undergoing CAPD. Patients were studied in a metabolic ward for 14 days while eating a diet providing 1.2 g/kg B.W. of proteins and supplying 166-188 KG/Kg. From these studies it is concluded that 1.2 g/Kg are a safe intake for patients on CAPD. Nevertheless it is strongly suggested that patients on CAPD should undergo a nitrogen balance study in order to ascertain whether such a diet is safe or should be modified for energy and/or protein supply.

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