Traditional dietary recommendations for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) focus
on the quantity of nutrients consumed. Without appropriate dietary counselling, these …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a debilitating pathology with various causal factors,
culminating in end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation …

Background Metabolic acidosis is associated with accelerated progression of chronic kidney
disease (CKD). Whether treatment of metabolic acidosis with sodium bicarbonate improves …

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitate specialized renal diets to prevent
complications such as hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia. A comprehensive …

Although the need to assess hydration is well recognized, laboratory tests and clinical
impressions are impractical and lack sensitivity, respectively, to be clinically meaningful …

In recent years, mounting scientific evidence has emerged regarding the evaluation of the
putative correlation between the gut microbiota composition and the presence of chronic …

Loss of muscle mass is an extremely frequent complication in patients with chronic kidney
disease (CKD). The etiology of muscle loss in CKD is multifactorial and may depend on …

In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the gut-microbiota metabolites indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-
cresyl sulfate (PCS) progressively accumulate due to their high albumin-binding capacity …

Obesity is the epidemic of our era and its incidence is supposed to increase by more than
30% by 2030. It is commonly defined as a chronic and metabolic disease with an excessive …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) subjects suffer from high risk of cardiovascular mortality, and
any intervention preventing the progression of CKD may have an enormous impact on …