| Theme | Reconsidering of Diet Therapy for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease -- Is the clinical guideline for diet therapy edited by Japanese Society of Nephrology at 1997 valid? | |
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| Title | Body composition measurement | |
| Publish Date | 2006/12 | |
| Author | Tetsuo Shoji | Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Yoshiki Nishizawa | Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Body composition measurements are important in evaluating the nutritional status of patients with chronic renal failure. Currently available methods include anthropometry (body mass index, skin fold thickness), methods requiring special equipment (bioelectrical impedance analysis, BIA ; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, DEXA ; X-ray computed tomography, CT), and estimation of muscle mass with creatinine kinetics. To define the ideal nutritional status for renal failure patients, further outcome studies are needed. | |