Nutritional aspects of renal disease in children and adults.
Renal disease tends to exact a greater nutritional toll in children than in adults because the needs for growth and development and differences in body composition impose a greater excretory load on the child's kidneys. Tubular disorders disturb body composition in specific ways and mandate individualized dietary supplementation or restriction. Management approaches are outlined.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D014807:Vitamin D; D010758:Phosphorus; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium