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Informationen zum Autor Mackenzie Walser, M.D., is Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Betsy Thorpe is the coauthor of Carol Guber?s Type 2 Diabetes Life Plan. Klappentext A breakthrough nutritional program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysisKidney disease is a major, underrecognized, and undertreated problem in North America. Now, a top expert at Johns Hopkins explains how to recognize the problem early, evaluate current treatment, then take charge of care with his 12-step plan. Based on treatments hes pioneered with his own patients, Dr. Walsers unique program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet, supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high blood cholesterol-a breakthrough strategy that can delay the need for dialysis.Mackenzie Walser, MD (Baltimore, MD), is Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Betsy Thorpe (Stamford, CT) is the coauthor of Carol Gubers Type 2 Diabetes Life Plan. Zusammenfassung A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure! this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes! hypertension! obesity! or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease! you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Terms, Measures, and Abbreviations 5 Part I: Looking at the Disease of Kidney Failure 1 What Do Kidneys Do and What Happens When They Fail? 9 2 Are You at Risk for Kidney Failure? 17 3 Symptoms of Kidney Failure 27 Part II: How to Treat Kidney Failure 4 Treating Kidney Failure 35 5 Step 1: Assess Your Current Treatment Plan 44 6 Step 2: Make Lifestyle Changes 52 7 Step 3: Follow a Low-Protein Diet 55 8 Step 4: Treat Salt and Water Problems 88 9 Step 5: Regulate Your Blood Pressure 96 10 Step 6: Treat Acidosis 106 11 Step 7: Treat Anemia and Iron Deficiency 109 12 Step 8: Treat Potassium Problems 112 13 Step 9: Treat Calcium and Phosphate Problems 117 14 Step 10: Treat Gout and Uric Acid Problems 122 15 Step 11: Treat Your High Cholesterol 126 16 Step 12: Know the Medications That Slow the Progression of Renal Failure 130 Part III: Tracking Kidney Failure, Dialysis, Transplants, and More 17 Keeping Close Watch on Your Kidney Failure 139 18 Dietary Treatment of the Nephrotic Syndrome 158 19 Safe and Unsafe Medications for Patients with Kidney Failure 163 20 Transplantation as an Alternative to Dialysis 167 21 When to Opt for Dialysis 172 22 Patients Who Have Avoided Dialysis 180 Appendix 1: Resources for Kidney Patients 197 Appendix 2: Government Support of Low-Protein Diets 201 Notes 205 Glossary 213 Index 223 ...
