Nutritional Management of Renal Disease

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Author: Joel Kopple, Shaul Massry, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Affiliation: UCLA, David Geffen Schol of Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN 10: 0123919347
ISBN 13: 9780123919342
eISBN: 9780123919359
Edition: 3rd
Description:
The Third Edition of this classic translational text will offer in-depth reviews of the metabolic and nutritional disorders that are prevalent in patients with renal disease. Chapter topics will be expanded to address the growing epidemic of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Each chapter will integrate basic and clinical approaches, from cell biology and genetics to diagnosis, patient management and treatment. Chapters in sections 4-7 will include new illustrative case reports and all chapters will emphasize key concepts with chapter-ending summaries. New features will also include the latest National Kidney Foundation Clinical Practice Guidelines on Nutrition in Chronic Renal Failure; the most recent scientific discoveries and the latest techniques for assessing nutritional status in renal disease; and literature reviews on patients who receive continuous veno-venous hemofiltration with or without dialysis.
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