... underwent regular hemodialysis received treatment with L-carnitine for 1 year. The total and free carnitine, acylcarnitine, and amino acids (AA) levels before and after L-carnitine treatment were analyzed, and the blood biochemistry results and clinical profiles of the subjects were compared before...

...Sandra N. Stapel; Ruben J. de Boer; Patrick J. Thoral; Marc G. Vervloet; Armand R.J. Girbes; Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten Background/Objectives: During continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH), there is unwanted loss of amino acids (AA) in the ultrafiltrate (UF). Solutes may also be removed...

... of essential and nonessential amino acid solutions in respect of their composition and quantity is not clearly defined. High doses of amino acids failed to improve negative nitrogen balance in catabolic ARF. Recent approaches in order to reduce net protein breakdown imply new combinations of amino acid...

... mediating hormone, but results of recent studies argue against a direct mediating effect of glucagon. It is postulated that glomerular hyperfiltration induced by various stimuli (protein ingestion, amino acid infusion, glucagon infusion, diabetes mellitus) is associated with increased secretion by the liver...

...Paul Jungers; Philippe Chauveau Clinical trials using very low protein supply supplemented with amino acid or keto acid preparations have shown the possibility of slowing the rate of decline of renal function in patients with advanced chronic renal failure together with preservation of nutritional...

... to improve the nutritional status of the patient, although maximal doses of amino acids have been administered. Since there is some evidence from animal experiments that high doses of amino acids might act nephrotoxic, perhaps rather than further increasing the quantity of amino acids, in the future...

...A. Davenport; N.B. Roberts Amino acid losses were measured daily in a non-septic patient who was continuously haemofïltered for 7 days at an ultrafiltration rate of 1,000 ml/h and then for a further 7 days at 500 ml/h. During this period she received an infusion of 9 g nitrogen each day...

...Dominic S.C. Raj; Michaelene Ouwendyk; Robert Francoeur; Andreas Pierratos Background/Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) on serum amino acid (AA) profile. Methods: In a cross-over trial, we studied the AA profile in 11 patients who were...

...Caroline E. Douma; Alexander L.T. Imholz; Dirk G. Struijk; Raymond T. Krediet Objective: Intraperitoneal administration of amino acid based dialysis solutions affects the surface area available for diffusion, with almost no effect on the intrinsic permeability to macromolecules. Intraperitoneally...