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| Title |
Synbiotic supplementation promotes improvement of chronic diarrhea of unknown etiology in patient with chronic kidney disease and provides better outcomes in dialysis
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| Published in |
Nutrición Hospitalaria, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.20960/nh.30 |
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| Authors |
Natalia Alvarenga Borges, Najla Elias Farage, Amanda Faria Barros, Dennis Carvalho Ferreira, Denis Fouque, Denise Mafrea |
| Abstract |
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients often have gastrointestinal symptoms which may result in malnutrition and a negative impact on their quality of life. Modulation of the gut microbiota can be a strategy to promote host health and homeostasis. The authors present a case of chronic diarrhea in a hemodialysis (HD) patient with an unknown etiology. After about one year and several failed interventions, synbiotic therapy was performed. The diarrhea episodes ceased after three months of daily supplementation and both biochemical and nutritional parameters improved. Synbyotic therapy promoted clinical benefits in this patient. Therefore, this simple therapy may be a promising alternative in CKD and it should be tested in larger studies. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 36 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 13 | 36% |