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SILVA FERRERA, Jorge; TORRES GARBEY, Miriam; ARIAS GARCIA, José Rafael  e  GOMES MEJIAS, Juana E. Nutritional assessment of children presenting with acute renal insufficiency and underwent to dialysis. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2010, vol.82, n.1. ISSN 0034-7531.

INTRODUCTION: Acute renal insufficiency appears in hours or in a few days and during its course there is a deterioration of patient nutritional status. The aim of present study was to characterize the nutritional status of children with this disease requiring renal replacement therapies. METHODS: A crossed-sectional and retrospective study was conducted including the patients admitted due to acute renal insufficiency in two children hospitals of Santiago de Cuba from December, 2006 to December, 2008. Authors analyzed the age, sex, etiology, renal replacement therapy, cause of parenteral feeding use, nutritional assessment according to Cuban percentile tables and anthropometry parameters (age, weight, height) and parenteral nutrients support. RESULTS: Prerenal events were the cause of acute renal insufficiency in the 44,4% of cases and renal and postrenal ones in the 33,4% and 22,2%, respectively. As a renal depuration method we used the peritoneal dialysis in the 66,6% of cases and the hemodialysis in remainder. The main causes that justified the parenteral feeding were the surgical affections, hypercatabolic states, the digestive hemorrhage and the pancreatitis in a decreasing order. Four patients were assessed as of low weight. CONCLUSIONS: The average support of proteins and lipids was under the established nutritional supports and that of kilocalories was higher than recommended. It is essential to improve these parameters in the treatment of these patients.

Palavras-chave : Acute renal insufficiency; renal replacement therapies; nutritional assessment; dialysis.

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