Effects of a Novel Nutritional Formula Enriched With Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Specially Developed for Tube-Fed Hemodialysis Patients

Objective To evaluate the effects of a nutritional formula enriched with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in tube-fed bedridden hemodialysis patients. Design A prospective, multicenter, single-arm study. Setting Koyukai Memorial Hospital, Orimoto Hospital, and Chofu Hospital, Japan. Subjects Eleven tube-fed bedridden hemodialysis patients. Intervention Patients were fed a nutritional formula enriched with EPA and DHA...