Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Vassilios Vargemezis

Publications

• Special Issue Article
  Effects of Parenteral Infusion of Amino Acid Solutions in Acid-Base Balance in Patients with Advanced Chronic Renal Failure
  Author(s): Eirini Kalogiannidou, Ploumis Passadakis, Stylianos Panagoutsos, Konstantinos Mavromatidis and Vassilios VargemezisEirini Kalogiannidou, Ploumis Passadakis, Stylianos Panagoutsos, Konstantinos Mavromatidis and Vassilios Vargemezis
  
  Malnutrition is a very common condition in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially after the 3rd stage (GFR 30-59 mL/min/1.73 m2). It affects virtually every organ and the function of the entire organism as well and therefore influences the survival. Moreover, the supplementation of amino acids could correct the negative nitrogen balance of those patients improving their survival rates, while little is known regarding any possible negative effect of this supplementation of amino acids on the acid-base balance. We investigated the impact of parenteral infusion of two different kinds of amino acid solutions (specific for CKD patients and nonspecific) in 25 patients (12F, 13M), suffered from chronic renal failure in stages 3 and 4 (GFR 16 to 45.1 mL/min/1.73 m2). The specific for uremic CKD patients solution A was administrated for 5 days, and after an interval of one we.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.S3-004

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