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Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Diet Dialysis Patients
End stage renal disease - diet; Hemodialysis - diet; Peritoneal dialysis - diet
Recommendations
The following are some general dietary recommendations for dialysis patients.
PROTEIN
Pre-dialysis patients are often asked to limit protein intake to slow the progression of kidney disease. This changes with the start of dialysis: the patient now needs much more protein. Patients on peritoneal dialysis need even higher protein, because a large amount of protein...
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Health Guide
Dialysis
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Medications
...have serious kidney disease (e.g., if you are on dialysis), the maximum recommended dose is 100... Read more »
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