Managing Vitamin K in Chronic Kidney Disease
Although tests to directly measure vitamin K levels are available, use of indirect measures may be a more reliable way to assess vitamin K status.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Higher Plant Protein Intake Tied to Lower Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
Finding persists whether kidney disease is based on diagnostic code or laboratory measurements
Frailty Trajectories Associated With Outcomes in Hemodialysis Population
Study findings highlight a need to implement early interventions to reduce frailty after hemodialysis initiation.
Ultraprocessed Food Increases Risk for Death With Type 2 Diabetes
Findings seen for all-cause death and cardiovascular mortality
Low Vegetable, Fruit Intake Increases Death Risk in CKD, Hemodialysis
Compared with patients who ate vegetables and fruit daily, those who rarely or never did and those who sometimes did had a significant 1.6- and 1.3-fold higher death risk, respectively, a study showed.
High Vitamin E Intake May Lower Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
Compared with individuals in the bottom tertile of vitamin E intake, those in the top tertile had significant 14% lower odds of CKD.
An Updated Approach to Managing Obesity in Patients With CKD
A recent literature review supports the idea that obesity needs to have an individualized, root cause approach.
Posthospitalization Meal Delivery Boosts Outcomes for Older Adults
Findings for 30-day rehospitalization and mortality in patients with and without heart failure
Higher Daily Intake of Flavonols May Cut Onset of Frailty
Strongest association seen for quercetin subclass of flavonols, but no association seen for total flavonoid intake
Nutrition Therapy as an Intervention for Metabolic Acidosis
Multiple studies show that reducing net endogenous acid production can help to improve or correct metabolic acidosis.
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