Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels, Nutritional and Antioxidant Status in Patients on Hemodialysis.

Purpose: To determine the relationship between uric acid (UA) and nutritional and antioxidant status in hemodialysis (HD) patients, given that hyperuricemia could be an indicator of good nutritional status possibly because of the antioxidant properties of UA.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 93 patients on HD. Hyperuricemia was considered as UA ≥6.

SURVEY ON THE PERCEPTION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE USE OF INTRADIALYTIC ORAL NUTRITION IN PATIENTS UNDER HEMODIALYSIS.

Background: Intradialytic oral nutrition (ION) has been shown to improve many clinical outcomes, including lowering mortality, in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Despite the benefits, ION is underused in many countries.

Objective: The objective of our study was to determine the perception of health-care professionals (HCP) in our environment of the use of ION in patients undergoing HD.