Metabolic and Nutritional Abnormalities in Kidney Disease (Contributions to Nephrology)

In 22 chapters, this volume offers an expert update on metabolic and nutritional abnormalities in kidney disease. It provides a survey of the metabolic abnormalities present in uraemia, summarizes the most recent achievements in the dietary treatment of renal failure, and reviews the latest findings on factors affecting the progression of renal disease. The topics covered include abnormalities of energy, lipid, protein, amino acid and electrolyte metabolism in renal failure; metabolic effects of low-protein diets and of essential amino acid and ketoanalogue supplementation; and the effects of low-protein diets, antihypertensive therapy and lipoprotein profile on disease progression.