title: Nondialysis management of chronic renal failure.
abstract: Chronic renal failure is a complex syndrome encompassing clinical manifestations from all the organs in the body. The aims of conservative management are to prevent and treat the important clinical manifestations and to prevent the progression of renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Renal Section, Albuquerque VA Medical Center, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tzamaloukas
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D018450:Disease Progression; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium