Strategies include the use of non-standard-criteria kidney donation and kidney-exchange programs.

Recent studies have revealed some significant effects of omega-3 supplementation on cardiovascular parameters in hemodialysis patients.

Anabolic interventions focus on enhancing protein synthesis and decreasing protein catabolism .

BMI is a standard parameter in all clinical settings—both inpatient and outpatient. It is used in the pediatric population, in young and older adults, and in the chronically ill as a marker of health.

Enteral nutrition has many benefits and would preferable to any form of parenteral nutrition.

Nephrology fellows may gain insight as a result of a new Medicare payment system for dialysis.

Researchers have linked poor appetite in hemodialysis patients with various markers of malnutrition.

Cell adhesion molecules may be potential targets for therapeutic intervention to delay CKD progression.

Hypertension rates are expected to rise due to a growing prevalence of obesity and other risk factors.

Nurse practitioners,(NPs), physician assistants (PAs) and clinical nurse specialists (CNS's), collectively called advanced practitioners (APs), can be found in every aspect of health care. Their popularity and wide spread use is in response to the need for more providers and the growing ranks of underserved population groups.