Phosphate binders are routinely prescribed to lower serum phosphorus in patients with CKD. But do they actually reduce total body phosphorus — or just shift
Tag: Phosphorus
After publishing my recent post on Estimating Phosphorus Additives, I received a lot of great feedback—especially from clinicians who said the method was clear and
When a dialysis patient can’t get to treatment, having an emergency meal plan can help reduce health risks until dialysis is available again. In these
This is a presentation I gave with my colleague Pascal at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting on 12 April 2025. For the full
The 2025 NKF SCM is now behind us! It was a wonderful conference with a great line up of speakers. I am so grateful that
Speaker: Kelly Picard PhD RD This is a summary of a talk that I gave at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting on April
I will be attending the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting April 10-12 this year and can’t wait! Just like last year, I will be
The prevalence of phosphorus additives has been a growing concern (at least of my radar) for the last 10 years or so. But I can
This month KDIGO published an executive conclusions paper on CKD-Mineral and Bone Disorder, covering management of calcium, phosphorus, PTH and vitamin D. So in today’s
Lecithin is one of the most common phosphorus based additives – even though it doesn’t have phosphorus in it’s name (more about that in my