Nutrition and Renal Disease

Question 1

What are the general principles of therapy for patients with renal disease?

Answer 1

energy requirements, protein requirements, electrolyte requirements, vitamin requirements, trace elements, and fluids

Question 2

after few weeks of dialysis, patients have no and what does that have to do with the prognosis

Answer 2

urine output; a lil bit urine output stands for prognosis

Question 3

which types of protein are used to help patients with metabolic acidosis?

Answer 3

low biological value proteins such as grains and vegetables

Question 4

what helps in CKD patients according to this lecture

Answer 4

improvement in bicarbonate or metabolic acidosis

Question 5

hemodialysis removes which type of vitamins

Answer 5

water soluble vitamins