Pro-Stat® Indications for Use
Many dialysis and Fluid Restricted patients do not consume adequate protein (and/or calories) to meet the demands of their bodies.
- Many patients do not ingest enough overall calories, causing the body to utilize dietary protein for energy.
- Renal patients experience nitrogen build-up, which can become toxic. Dialysis removes the toxic nitrogen but also strips the body of the protein it needs.
- Pressure ulcers require extra protein for healing, which can divert protein the body needs for other purposes.
Solving these dilemmas often requires protein supplementation.
Typical protein supplements, reconstituted powders or 8oz beverages, create volume and dietary complications in fluid restricted patients. Fluid restricted patients include those on dialysis or those with congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, hydrocephalus, compartment syndrome, etc. For these patients, excessive amounts of fluid intake cause serious conditions such as breathing difficulties, swelling, increased blood pressure and cardiac problems. Additionally, these fluid-restricted patients frequently have to substitute desirable foods such as coffee, milk, juice, soup, ice cream, or even water with medications, in order to accommodate the protein supplement. Dialysis patients, who are already restricted from so many foods they like to eat, find fitting these protein supplements into their diets particularly difficult and frustrating. And, for tube feeding patients, even concentrated tube feeding formulas cannot always provide the amount of protein needed within the patient's fluid restriction.
Pro-Stat® liquid solves fluid restriction issues by providing 15g of protein in just 1oz.
- 1oz. of Pro-Stat® liquid delivers as much protein as three, 8oz powder protein supplement servings - 300% of the protein in just 4% of the fluid.
- Pro-Stat® is indicated for dialysis patients because it is low in sodium, potassium and phosphorous.
- For patients needing extra calories as well as protein, Pro-Stat® 101 delivers 101 calories in each 1oz. serving. The extra calories come from fructose, a nutritive sweetener with a low glycemic index, making Pro-Stat®101 accceptable for diabetics.
- For patients needing extra protein without the extra calories, Pro-Stat® 64 liquid provides 64 calories-only four calories beyond the 60 calories provided by the protein.
With Pro-Stat®, fluid-restricted patients can have their protein supplement, and still have their soup (or coffee, milk, juice, ice cream and water with their meds) too!
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