title: Nutritional implications of renal disease. I. Current overview and general principles.
abstract: Treatment exclusively by nutritional means does not appear to provide a therapeutic answer for the patient with complete loss of renal function. Clearly, however, rational dietary treatment prior to ultimate loss of renal function is a valuable, ameliorating therapy in chronic progressive renal failure and--once the patient is on maintenance dialysis--it is a major deciding factor in the success of this life-maintaining regimen.
mesh_terms: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002149:Energy Intake; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010710:Phosphates; D011188:Potassium; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012964:Sodium; D014481:United States; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D014815:Vitamins; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium