Low‐protein diet for conservative management of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of controlled trials

Low‐protein diet for conservative management of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of controlled trials

Abstract Background Recent data pose the question whether conservative management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by means of a low‐protein diet can be a safe and effective means to avoid or defer transition to dialysis therapy without causing protein‐energy wasting or cachexia. We aimed to systemat...

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Main Authors: Connie M. Rhee, Seyed‐Foad Ahmadi, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
Low‐protein diet
Chronic kidney disease
Glomerular filtration rate
End‐stage renal disease
All‐cause death
Conservative management
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12264

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