Nutritional Management of Renal Disease: A Comprehensive Guide

By Joel D. Kopple, the fourth edition of “Nutritional Management of Renal Disease” offers in-depth reviews of the metabolic and nutritional disorders prevalent in patients with kidney disease. This translational reference provides correct diagnosis – and therefore correct treatment – of kidney, metabolic, and nutritional disorders. Nephrologists, diabetologists, endocrinologists, dieticians, and nutritionists depend on a strong understanding of the molecular basis for the disease.

This fourth edition includes thorough new case reports, offering expert advice on how to use the latest research and clinical findings in counseling patients about dietary and lifestyle options. Readers gain insight into which treatments, medications, and diets to use based on the history, progression, and genetic make-up of a patient.

It includes the latest comprehensive KDOQI clinical practice guidelines for the nutritional management of kidney disease from the National Kidney Foundation and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, covering recommendations for each essential nutrient, as well as for some nonessential nutrients. This book presents a comprehensive, translational look at all aspects of metabolic and nutritional disorders in one reference, providing a common language for nephrologists, nutritionists, endocrinologists, and other interested physicians to assimilate information and discuss the underlying research and translation of best practices for the nutritional management and prevention of kidney disease.

Saves clinicians and researchers time in quickly accessing the very latest details on nutritional practice as opposed to searching through thousands of journal articles. This book is a must-have for anyone involved in the care and management of patients with kidney disease.