High Protein Whole Food Snack and Albumin Outcomes in Patients with CKD-5D

Protein-energy wasting is common among patients on hemodialysis (HD). This study sought to define effects that a novel, post-HD, high-calorie, high-protein whole food snack had on patients’ serum albumin (serum alb), serum phosphorus and equilibrated normalized Protein Catabolic Rate (enPCR).