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William M. Abbott, MD; Ronald M. Abel, MD; Clyde H. Beck, Jr., MD; Josef E. Fischer, MD

Arch Surg. 1975;110(9):1110-1112.

Abstract
The effectiveness of an intravenous nutritional program plus aggressive dialysis was studied in 32 patients with renal failure following ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Each patient was managed postoperatively with a renal failure fluid regimen, consisting of the eight essential amino acids plus dextrose in conjunction with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. This regimen induced salutary metabolic effects temporarily improving the patient's condition in most instances. No technical or septic complications associated with the intravenous dietary therapy occurred. However, the incidence of recovery of renal function was low, and the overall patient survival was only 12.5%. The experience indicates that although this program has been shown to be efficacious in some patients with acute renal failure, it seems of little benefit in those whose renal failure follows ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 4, 1975.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 (Dr. Abbott).

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