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Diet in dialysis patients Once a patient with chronic kidney disease is put on dialysis, they need to be counseled again. Reframing of the diet is very important as otherwise the patient continues the same diet which was previously prescribed for conservative management of kidney disease. Energy: High energy is recommended to meet the body

1. Treat primary disease such as Diabetes, high blood Pressure, stone disease, Heart Disease, Obesity, Kidney infections promptly & completely. 2. Control Blood Pressure below 140/90. 3. Control Diet and consult dietitian. 4. Control Cholesterol , Triglycerides & take medicines if required. 5. Correct Calcium & Phosphorus with medicines. 6. Maintain Potassium (K+) within normal

KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: An Overview By – Dr. Hemal Shah   INTRODUCTION: Kidney transplantation in the last 65 years has enjoyed remarkable progress with the development of novel immunosuppressants, antirejection therapy and various surgical procedures. This has resulted into huge success in the field of renal transplantation. HISTORY: The first clinical cadaver renal transplant was performed

Treatment Options for Kidney Failure: From Transplantation to Dialysis to Conservative Management…in 10 minutes! The treatment options that patients with advanced kidney disease and kidney failure have when it comes to managing their disease, I came across a really nice 10 minute long video on YouTube that pretty much summarizes everything that I wrote in that article. The

Being diagnosed with kidney failure can be life-altering. All of us live with the thinking that ‘these things don’t happen to us’. Though we don’t say it consciously, deep within we are all somehow certain that such diseases will not happen to us. When lightning strikes however, life can come to a standstill. Most of