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Nutrition In Renal Dz Flashcards

1
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Can special diets prevent renal disease?

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No

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2
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Can you alleviate ureamic signs related to kidney disease?

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Yes

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3
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Can you slow progression of renal disease?

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Yes

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4
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Nutritional aspects of managing renal disease?

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  • protein
  • calories
  • phosphorus
  • potassium
  • nsodium
  • fibre (bacteria ferment and also take up ammonia and urea)
  • fatty acids
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5
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When should diet be changed with renal disease?

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After they have been fixed in hospital and gone home - long term benefits don’t need to be implemented straight away

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6
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When may appetite stimulants be useful?

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  • not during hospitalisation

- once at home

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7
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What are the benefits of omega 3 fatty acids?

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  • potential appetite stimulant

- lots of benefits

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How can adequate intake be ensured when animal is inappetant

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  • feeding tube

- discuss quality of life if d/t chronic kidney failure

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Rational for protein restriction

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  • minimise nitrogenous waste
  • control azotaemia (anorexia, V+, gastritis etc)
    > problem
  • if implemented too early renal repair is problematic
  • exacerbation of malnutrition and cackexia (catabolic state)
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10
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What level of azotaemia warrants protein restriction?

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  • not clearly defined
  • common recommendation BUN >27g/l
  • if chance diet early more likely to eat the diet
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11
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Typical protein levels in maintainance diet. What is protein restriction

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Dogs

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12
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Other than CKD when may protein restriction be useful?

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> glomerulopathy

  • protein losing nephropathy
  • proteinuria perpetuates glomerular injury
  • dont over restrict
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Other than protein restriction what can help in protein losing nephropathies?

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ACE inhibitors and fish oil

- help restore charge to membrane in kidney

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Does protein restriction help renal patients?

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  • can alleviate some uraemia signs

- high protein diets do not cause renal damage!!!

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When is phosphorus restriction commended?

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  • as soon as hyperohosphataemia early in dz
  • may also need phosphorus binders with food
  • content usually parallels protein levels
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16
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Does potassium go up or down with CKD?

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  • up

- CKD pateints need potassium restricted (evidence for v mort rates and prevention of 2* renal hyperparathyroidism)

17
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How can renal acidosis be treated?

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Sodium bicarbonate (though cats not likely to eat this) 
- prescription diet
18
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How is sodium implicated in renal disease in animals?

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  • not the same as man w.r.t. Sodium chloride

- currently no evidence that NaCl restriction helps animals

19
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How does fibre affect renal disease?

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  • lowers BUn in rodents

- enhanced colonic degradation of urea and ammonia (^ resident bacteria to ferment fibre)

20
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How is acid base status affected by kidney disease?

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  • acidaemia common in advanced acute kidney failure
  • acidaemia causes catabolic state (ubiquitin-proteosome system)
  • protein breakdown requires energy and worsens negative energy state
  • metabolic acidosis enhances progression of renal failure by promoting renal amoniagenesis and activating alternate complement pathway -> renal injury
21
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Which fatty acids are good for you?

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Omega 3

Omega 6 usual fat source, worse for you

22
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Why are omega 3 fatty acids helpful in kidney disease?

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Renal disease causes constant state of inflammation
- arachadonic acid pathway breaking down cell membrane -> inflammatory signals
- if omega 6 incorporated into cell membrane instead then when it is broken down the inflammatory mediators are less potent
> ratios used to be thought to be important, not thought anymore
> not know if all forms of kidney disease benefit

23
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Positive effects of omega 3 FAs?

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  • v inflam
  • lowers systemic arterial pressure
  • alters plasma lipid concentration
  • alters blood flow
  • lowered glomerular pressure
  • improves appetite??
  • preserves renal function
24
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Supplementation recommendations for omega 3 FAs?

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EPA 40mg/kg/d
DHA 25mg/kg/d
> concentrated fish oil supplements (for medical doses)
1 capsule per 4.5kg body weight

25
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Can you reverse BUN levels in chronic kidney failure?

26
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Does renal disease always require diet change?

A

No - spectrum of disease

27
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How is caloric intake associated with renal disease? How can this be addressed?

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  • inapetant d/t kidney dz -> malnourishment
  • do not try and change food immediately
  • just get them to eat anything you can
  • ## IV fluids and gastroprotectants

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