NutriCare Tools - Renal Dietitians (RPG)

Recently Published
Insufficient time to check out recently published articles in nephrology nutrition? In an effort to help
keep our RPG members current, we reviewed the following articles from a variety of publications.
We hope you find this list helpful and, as always, would appreciate your feedback and suggestions!
Marcelli D, Brand K, Ponce P, et al. Longitudinal changes in
body composition in patients after initiation of hemodialysis
therapy: results from an international cohort. J Ren Nutr. 2015;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2015.10.001. Data collected for this cohort spanned 21 countries and almost
50,000 hemodialysis patients. BMI, lean tissue index and fat tissue
index were analyzed and compared for differences among patients
with or without cardiovascular comorbidities and between genders.
Cankaya E, Bilen Y, Keles M, et al. Comparison of serum
vitamin D levels among patients with chronic kidney disease,
patients in dialysis, and renal transplant patients. Transplantation
Proc. 2015;47(5):1405-1407.
Serum vitamin D levels were evaluated in HD, PD and kidney
transplant patients. This study concludes that levels are higher in
transplant patients compared to HD and PD patients. Vitamin D
supplementation was recommended in all groups with chronic renal
failure.
Ladda MA, Goralski KB. The effects of CKD on cytochrome
P450-mediated drug metabolism. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis.
2016;23(2):67-75.
This article reviews evidence showing that CKD decreases the
cytochrome P450 pathway metabolism. This can be improved
through kidney transplant, and temporarily improved by dialysis.
Kohn JB. Stories to tell: conducting a nutrition assessment with
the use of narrative medicine. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016;116(1):10-14.
Describes the concept of narrative medicine as a patient centered
approach to care and discusses the idea of narrative medicine being
a competence for RDNs.
Chetty, R, Stepner M, Abraham S, et al. The association
between income and life expectancy in the United States,
2001-2014. JAMA. 2016 Apr 26;315(16):1750-66.
This article discusses how higher income was associated with
greater longevity in the United States during 2001-2014.
Welch JL, Meek J, Bartlett Ellis, RJ, et al. Use of healthcare
resources by CKD patients. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2016;23(2):129.
A retrospective descriptive study looking at health claims
databases to analyze health care resources used by patients with
CKD stages 1-5.
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Renal Nutrition Forum 2016 • Vol. 35 • No. 3
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