Barriers and facilitators to intradialytic parenteral nutrition implementation targeting protein energy wasting in Malaysian hemodialysis patients

• Main Authors: Birinder Kaur Sadu Singh, Khor, Ban-Hock, Sharmela Sahathevan, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Enrico Fiaccadori, Karuthan Chinna, Ng, See-Hoe, Tilakavati Karupaiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: QK710-899 Plant physiology; TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42295/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42295/; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102090

The capacity to deliver intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) for patients on hemodialysis (HD) diagnosed with protein energy wasting (PEW) in low resource settings is unknown. This study aimed to examine the extent of IDPN practice in HD units in Malaysia, and its implementation to treat PEW. W...