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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: January 01, 2009 (J01)
J01 Cognitive decline associated with aging linked to higher blood glucose levels in nondiabetics.
D31 Feeling guilty about the health implications of eating holiday steaks? Marinate them in wine and you'll be OK.
D29 High-phosphate diets in nonuremic mice accelerate spread of lung cancer.
D24 Bone disease in CKD management tool developed in the UK wins IT award
D19 Low glycemic index diet improves lipid profile in diabetics
D18 Evidence mounts that probiotics may be useful to treat post-antibiotic diarrhea.
D15 Lithonia, GA school sugar-free for 10 years with positive results.
D15 Coke to market a new soft drink sweetened with stevia. Pepsi waiting for the FDA.
D13 Another FDA link regarding oral bowel preps.
D13 FDA alert regarding phosphate-containing oral bowel preps and new black box warning.
D11 FDA puts black box warning on phosphate-containing oral bowel prep drugs
D11 Fructose metabolism engages the liver in complex and possibly not beneficial ways.
D11 CJASN: Rosiglitazone may benefit patient with FSGS
D11 Lack of vitamin D stunts growth and causes weight gain in girls.
D11 Low carbohydrate diets affect cognition skills.
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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

Balkan Nephropathy: Evolution of Our Knowledge (Bamias and Boletis) Am J Kidney Dis (Sep 2008)
Spurious Hyperphosphatemia in Patients on Hemodialysis With Catheters (Schiller et al) Am J Kidney Dis (Sep 2008)
Calcimimetics in chronic kidney disease: evidence, opportunities and challenges (Evenepoel P) Kidney Int - Aug - 08
Exercise in Dialysis Patients: A Review (Johansen K) Hemodial Int - Jul - 08
Population-based prevention of obesity: the need for comprehensive promotion of healthful eating, physical activity, and energy balance: A Scientific Statement From American Heart Association (Kumanyika SK et al) Circulation Jul 08
Dietary sodium and cardiovascular and renal disease risk factors: dark horse or phantom entry? (McCarron DA) NDT Jul 08
Large artery stiffening with weight gain in humans: role of visceral fat accumulation Hypertens (Jun 2008)
Debate: Weight loss and blood pressure control (Pro) vs. Dietary therapy for obesity: an emperor with no clothes (Con) Hypertens (Jun 2008)
Lipoprotein management in patients with cardiometabolic risk: Consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation Diabet Care (Apr 2008)
Revisiting the dialysate sodium prescription as a tool for better blood pressure and interdialytic weight gain management in hemodialysis patients http://www.hdcn.net/pdf/asn/santos.pdf
Changes in the potassium content of different potato varieties after cooking J Ren Nutr (Mar 2008)
A dietary alternative to phosphorus control J Ren Nutr (Mar 2008)
Protein restriction and body composition in renal disease J Ren Nutr (Mar 2008)
WNK kinases and renal sodium transport in health and disease: an integrated view Hypertens (Mar 2008)
Association between obesity and kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis Kidney Int (Jan 2008)
Soft drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study Brit Med J (Feb 2008)
Adiponectin, cardiovascular function, and hypertension Hypertens (Jan 2008)
Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis (Rucker et al) Brit Med J (Dec 2007)
The pivotal role of sodium balance in control of blood pressure in dialysis patients (Tomson et al) Hemodial Int (Nov 2007)
Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease (Lavie et al) Am J Med (Oct 2007)
Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysis (Chong et al) Brit Med J (Oct 2007)
High salt intake: a cause of blood pressure-independent left ventricular hypertrophy? (Burnier et al) Nephrol Dial Transplat (Sep 2007)
Expanding role for vitamin D in chronic kidney disease: importance of blood 25-OH-D levels and extra-renal 1alpha-hydroxylase in the classical and nonclassical actions of 1alpha,25-(OH)2-D3 (Jones) Semin Dial (Aug 2007)
Physical activity and public health in older adults Circulation (Aug 2007)
Hidden phosphorus: where do we go from here? (Lisa Murphy- Gutekunst) J Ren Nutr (Jul 2007)
Hidden Phosphorus: Where Do We Go From Here? (Murphy-Gutekunst L) J Ren Nutr (Jul 07)
Impact of glucose levels on advanced glycation end products in hemodialysis (Godfrey) Hemodial Int (Jul 2007)
Hypomagnesemia in patients with type 2 diabetes CJASN 03-07
Hypomagnesemia in patients with type 2 diabetes (Pham et al) CJASN (03-2007)
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
Review of dialysate calcium concentration in hemodialysis (Toussaint, Cooney, Kerr) Hemodial Int 10-06
A History of Obesity, or How What Was Good Became Ugly and Then Bad (Eknoyan) Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 10-06
Protein Bars (Blasiola) J Ren Nutr 10-06
Obesity: Growing Impact on CKD (McGill, Furth, Kaskel) Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 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.