My husband and I had four cats and lost one to pancreatitis. Now our 15-year-old cat has apparently developed chronic kidney disease. Our vet has placed him on a prescription diet called K/D. Our ...

Eating smaller, more frequent meals are among the simple ways to increase dietary intake. Researchers have linked poor appetite in hemodialysis patients with various markers of malnutrition. Routine ...

During your rounds if you discover that a patient seems to be losing weight, appears weaker, or is showing signs of malnourishment, there are some nutritional tweaks you can make based on symptoms.

Managing the nutritional concerns of maintenance dialysis patients includes a comprehensive combination of preventive maneuvers to diminish protein and energy depletion (Table 1). Standard therapies ...

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