Top in 2022 meeting news: Ultrafiltration could permanently replace sodium profiling
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According to a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, ultrafiltration should replace sodium profiling.
“The tools we have are not utilizing sodium profiling anymore, managing sodium intake, controlling interdialytic hypertension, increasing time and frequency, and potentially using these profiles for your patients,” Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, CNN-NP, ANP, CS, MSN, nephrology nurse practitioner at Washington University School of Medicine and member of Healio Nephrology News & Issues Editorial Advisory Board, said.
It was the top story from meeting news coverage in 2022.
Another top story reported on a presentation at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference, in which a speaker said patients on dialysis may benefit from plant-based diets. Specifically, a plant-based diet could reduce patients’ phosphorus levels.
“Maintaining protein while reducing phosphorus may be achieved through a plant-based diet due to the low bioavailability of these foods, especially if they’re unprocessed [and on] the low phosphomimic index of these foods,” Shivam Joshi, MD, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Bellevue Hospital and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said. “Plant-based diets may provide lower protein compared to animal-based diets or the standard American diet, but overall, they have not been shown to affect nutrition or to have caused a deficiency. Potassium levels do not appear to increase within those consuming a plant-based diet on dialysis.”
Read these and more top stories from meeting news coverage below:
Speaker: Ultrafiltration profiling should replace sodium profiling
BOSTON — Although sodium profiling remains controversial in kidney care, a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings cited resources that recommend replacing the practice with ultrafiltration profiling. Read more.
Plant-based diets may help reduce phosphorous levels for patients on dialysis
Plant-based diets may be a helpful strategy for patients on dialysis to lower their phosphorous levels, according to a speaker at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference. Read more.
Music therapy eased depression, anxiety symptoms in patients on dialysis
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Nephrologists see regulatory, legislative wins, more work ahead
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Intradialytic meals remain controversial
BOSTON — While experts have shared varying advice about eating during dialysis, there are not enough data to resolve this controversy, according to a presenter at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. Read more.
VIDEO: Value-based payment models offer opportunities for nephrologists
DALLAS — In this video, Andy Howard, MD, talks about the potential opportunities for nephrologists in the newly developed value-based payment model demonstrations offered by the CMS Innovation Center. Read more.