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Advances in CKD 2006 (RRI Conference, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2006).
(Lecture handouts of nutrition talks by Martin Kulhmann, MD; Roger Greenwood, MD; John Burkart, MD; Brian Schreiber, MD; Garry Handelman, MD; Eberhard Ritz, MD; T. Alp Ikizler, MD; and Takahiko Nakagawa, MD.)

Kuhlmann: Dry Weight – Neither More, Nor Less: Online Assessment of ECV During Hemodialysis
Greenwood: Dry Weight Online Assessment of Rebound
Burkart: The Significance of Residual Renal Function – Is it the Pee or the Bean?
Schreiber vs. Handelman: SPECIAL DEBATE: Is Carnitine Valuable in Dialysis Patients?
Ritz: Sodium as a Uremic Toxin
Ikizler, Nakagawa: Uric Acid as a Uremic Toxin?
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key Try a new quiz by Linda McCann, RD, CSR, LD: QUIZ: Subjective Global Assessment. What does it include? What does it correlate with? How can we evaluate muscle tissue stores?
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key Try a new quiz by Judy Beto and our editor Sharon Stall: QUIZ: Management of the Patient with Hyperkalemia. Your dialysis patient has high predialysis serum K. What do you do? Dialyze? Stop eating? Lower dialysate K? Change meds? When and how should a dietitian intervene when evaluating CKD patients?
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key Try Sharon Stall's QUIZ: Body Composition Measures in the Dialysis Unit. Which methods of body composition should one use for routine assessment in the dialysis unit? What do the triceps skin fold and mid-arm circumference mean? How useful is the BMI?
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Updated: May 09, 2008 (M09)
M09 Acrylamide intake associated with risk of kidney cancer.
M07 Women at high risk for CV events are not benefitted by homocysteine-lowering regimen of B vitamins (JAMA).
M05 ASN Renal Week abstract archives 2003-2006 now available on-line in .pdf format.
M04 Study suggests that the number of fat cells is set for life at adolescence, without change during dieting or weight gain.
M04 Nature genetics: More obesity genes found
M02 Protozoans may ingest E. Coli, and carry them on the surface of vegetables like spinach and lettuce.
A23 High adiponectin levels linked to kidney dysfunction and albuminuria.
A21 New book emphasizes potential harm of high-fructose sweeteners.
A21 International study of chemicals in urine links blood pressure to diet and gut bacteria.
A21 Chocolate lowers LDL cholesterol by 5% in RCT.
A16 Meta-analysis suggests that beta-carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E may actually reduce survival.
A15 FDA announces recall of two dietary supplements found to contain aristolochic acid.
A15 Nurses' Health Study shows that women who follow DASH - type diet have lower risk of heart attack.
A11 ANNA: Controversies series - should patients be allowed to eat during dialysis?
A11 Shire Pharma launches On Track phosphate binder adherence toolkit.
Industry Advances Emphasis
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Understanding and Preventing Malnutrition in ESRD (Peter Stenvinkel, MD, PhD; Bengt Lindholm, MD, PhD; Jonas Axelsson, MD; Olof Heimbuerger, MD, PhD) ADC 2006 (audio only)
Uric acid as a Uremic Toxin (Ikizler, Nakagawa) RRI 2006, Part 2 (handouts)
Sodium as a Uremic Toxin (Ritz) RRI 2006, Part 2 (handouts)
Special Debate: Is Carnitine Valuable in Dialysis Patients? (Schreiber vs. Handelman) RRI 2006, Part 3 (handouts)
Dry Weight Assessment and Rebound (Kuhlmann, Greenwood) RRI 2006, Part 3 (handouts)
Diet and Optimal Health: A Progress Report (Willett) ASN Renal Week 2005 (audiofiles)
Obesity and the Kidney (Lord, Scherer, Fliser) ASN Renal Week 2005 (audiofiles)
The Impact of Post-Dialysis Weight on Patient Outcomes in Hemodialysis (Charra) RRI 2005 (audiofiles)
Inflammatory Load in Hemodialysis: What Havoc Does It Cause? (Lindholm, Kalantar-Zadeh, Fischer) ADC 2005 (audiofiles)
Clinical Topics in Nutrition (Kopple, Kaysen, Coyne) ADC 2005 (audiofiles)
The Kidney in Pregnancy (August) ASN Board Review 2004
Chronic Inflammation and Renal Disease: Practical Aspects Part One of Two (Kaysen) ASN Board Review 2004
Chronic Inflammation and Renal Disease: Practical Aspects Part Two of Two (Kaysen) ASN Board Review 2004
Nutrition across the continuu of care in kidney disease (Beto) US NKF Spring Clinical Meeting
Nutritional management of the critically ill patient (Ikizler) ASN 2002 Renal Week
The Malnutrition - Inflammation - Atherosclerosis or MIA syndrome (Stenvinkel) ASN 2002 Renal Week
Survival in Japanese vs. U.S. Asian hemodialysis patients: Questions relevant for U.S. nephrologists (Daugirdas) KDF 2002 State-of-the-Art

Hidden Phosphorus: Where Do We Go From Here? (Murphy-Gutekunst L) J Ren Nutr (Jul 07)
Hypomagnesemia in patients with type 2 diabetes CJASN 03-07
Tube feeding in advanced dementia. The metabolic perspective. (Hoffer) Br Med J 12-06
Advanced glycation end products and nephrotoxicity of high-protein diets (Uribarri, Tuttle) CJASN 11-06
A History of Obesity, or How What Was Good Became Ugly and Then Bad (Eknoyan) Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 10-06
Review of dialysate calcium concentration in hemodialysis (Toussaint, Cooney, Kerr) Hemodial Int 10-06
Obesity: Growing Impact on CKD (McGill, Furth, Kaskel) Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 10-06
Protein Bars (Blasiola) J Ren Nutr 10-06
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Sharon Stall, RD, MPH, CSR, has been a renal dietitian for 22 years. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Renal Nutrition, edited the Gourmet Renal Cookbook published by Lenox Hill Hospital, and worked with research methods of body composition in dialysis patients.