Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 229-232 , October 1996

Use of an appetite and diet assessment tool in the pilot phase of a hemodialysis clinical trial: Mortality and morbidity in hemodialysis study

  • Jerrilynn D Burrowes, MS, RD, CS (Research Coordinator)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to HEMO Data Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, P88, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.
    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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  • Sandra N Powers, RD (Clinical Trials Coordinator)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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  • David B Cockram, MS, RD (Clinical Research Scientist)

      Affiliations

    • Medical Nutrition Research and Development, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA.
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  • Sandy L McLeroy, MS, RD, CS (Research Dietitian)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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  • Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD

      Affiliations

    • Director, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
    • Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
    • Tufts University School of Nutrition, Boston, MA, USA.
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  • Paula J Cunniff, MS, RD (Research Nutritionist)

      Affiliations

    • Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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  • Lata Paranandi (Senior Biostatistician)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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  • John W Kusek, PhD (Clinical Trials Program Director)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases of the National Institute of Diabetics and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

References 

  1. Schoenfeld PY, Henry RR, Laird NM, et al.  Assessment of nutritional status of the National Cooperative Dialysis Study population. Kidney Int. 1983;23:S80–S88 suppl 13
  2. Eknoyan G, Levey AS, Beck GJ, et al.  The Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study: Rationale for selection of interventions. Semin Dialysis. 1996;9:24–33
  3. Dwyer JT, Kopple JD, Maroni BJ, et al.  Dietary intake and nutritional status in the HEMO pilot study population. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1995;6:576; (abstr)
  4. Burrowes JD, Powers SN, McLeroy SL, et al.  An assessment of diet and appetite in the mortality and morbidity in hemodialysis (MMHD) pilot study. J Renal Nutr. 1996;6:103; (abstr)
  5. Burrowes JD, Bluestone PA. The role of pharmaceutical agents in appetite stimulation in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Renal Nutr. 1996;6:127–133

 Supported by the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health.

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Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 229-232 , October 1996