Newsletter 3 • September 2011
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Supporting excellence in clinical practice
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Management of Hyperphosphatemia in Chronic Kidney Disease |
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Neenoo Khosla and Stuart M Sprague
Early in the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), most patients develop significant disorders in bone and mineral metabolism, which is referred to as chronic kidney disease–mineral bone disorder (CKD–MBD)... |
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Appetite Dysregulation in Hemodialysis Patients |
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Alessio Molfino and George Kaysen
The presence of protein–energy wasting (PEW) often complicates the clinical course of hemodialysis (HD) patients. Anorexia, the loss of the desire to eat, is one of the most important contributing factors for the development of PEW, occurring in almost one–third of HD patients... |
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Managing Chronic Pain in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease |
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Naomi Glick and Sara N Davison
Pain is highly prevalent in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) across all demographic groups and independent of dialysis modality or whether they are treated conservatively without dialysis. Common symptoms reported by CKD patients including insomnia, fatigue, depression, and anxiety complicate the identification and management of pain syndromes...
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Chronic Allograft Injury |
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Graham Towns and Venkat Ramanathan
A significant proportion of transplanted kidneys are lost to chronic allograft injury. Chronic allograft injury may represent the cumulative burden of various alloantigen–dependent and –independent insults on the allograft over time... |
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