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Body Mass Index, Coronary Artery Calcification, and Kidney Function Decline in Stage 3 to 5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
30 April 2012
Jocelyn S. Garland, Rachel M. Holden, Wilma M. Hopman, Sudeep S. Gill, Robert L. Nolan, A. Ross Morton
Objective: To determine whether body mass index (BMI) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) are risk factors for kidney function decline in predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Design:...
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Implementation and Practical Application of the Nutrition Care Process in the Dialysis Unit
23 April 2012
Debra Memmer
The Nutrition Care Process (NCP) was introduced in 2003 (Lacey and Pritchett, J Am Diet Assoc. 2003;103:1061-1071). Since then, dietitians have been encouraged to incorporate the NCP into their daily ...
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Plant Protein Intake is Associated With Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Serum Bicarbonate Levels in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study
06 April 2012
Julia J. Scialla, Lawrence J. Appel, Myles Wolf, Wei Yang, Xiaoming Zhang, Stephen M. Sozio, Edgar R. Miller, Lydia A. Bazzano, Magdalena Cuevas, Melanie J. Glenn, Eva Lustigova, Radhakrishna R. Kallem, Anna C. Porter, Raymond R. Townsend, Matthew R. Weir, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Group
Background: Protein from plant, as opposed to animal, sources may be preferred in chronic kidney disease (CKD) because of the lower bioavailability of phosphate and lower nonvolatile acid load. Study ...
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Thickness Sum in Assessing Body Fat Mass of Renal Dialysis Patients
01 April 2012
Natália Cristina Lima Rodrigues, Priscila Campos Sala, Lilian Mika Horie, Maria Carolina Gonçalves Dias, Raquel Susana Matos de Miranda Torrinhas, João Egídio Romão, Ivan Cecconello, Dan Linetzky Waitzberg
Objective: In chronic renal failure patients under hemodialysis (HD) treatment, the availability of simple, safe, and effective tools to assess body composition enables evaluation of body composition ...
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Metabolic Disorders Following Kidney Transplantation
26 March 2012
Stacey Phillips, Rochelle Heuberger
Kidney transplantation in patients suffering from end-stage renal disease, although beneficial, may result in potential complications increasing cardiovascular risk of mortality. Common metabolic prob...
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