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Nutrition411: The Podcast, Ep. 43
Nutrition411: The Podcast, Ep. 43
10/14/2024
Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND
In this podcast episode, Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND, interviews Kimberly Snodgrass, a renal care coordinator at Fresenius Medical Care, on how dietitians can help patients with renal disease manage...
10/14/2024
What's The Take Home?
What's The Take Home?
06/19/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
A 51-year-old man who works in the delivery services industry presented with bilateral leg edema, weight loss, and fatigue. He has lost more than 4.5 kg (10 lb) in the past 4 months without dieting. In...
06/19/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
05/24/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Anthony Calabro, MA
Oxalate nephropathy is a commonly underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease with multiple etiologies, including primary hyperoxaluria, enteric hyperoxaluria, or ingestion...
05/24/2024

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Poll
Poll
09/17/2018
Nearly half of patients with ESRD who undergo a lower extremity amputation die within how many years of amputation?
09/17/2018
Diabetes
Diabetes
01/21/2017
Experts believe that the pharmacologic treatment of choice for patients with diabetic or hypertensive proteinuria is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
01/21/2017

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Nutrition411: The Podcast, Ep. 43
Nutrition411: The Podcast, Ep. 43
10/14/2024
Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND
In this podcast episode, Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND, interviews Kimberly Snodgrass, a renal care coordinator at Fresenius Medical Care, on how dietitians can help patients with renal disease manage...
10/14/2024
Podcast
Podcast
02/21/2023
In this podcast, Santosh L Saraf, MD, discusses the decline of estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with sickle cell disease as an indicator of kidney disease progression. Dr Saraf presented on...
02/21/2023
Nutrition
Dr. James Matera
Nutrition
02/13/2022
In this commentary, Dr James Matera, from CentraState Medical Center, discusses new research on the effects of fruit and vegetable intake on mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
02/13/2022
Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure
11/21/2018
James Matera, DO, details advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus in patients with end-stage renal disease. He also explains why it may be beneficial to defer hepatitis C treatment until after renal...
11/21/2018
Review
Review
03/07/2018
Approximately 14% of people in the United States have some stage of kidney disease.
03/07/2018