Taste Disorder As A Common Cause Of Enhanced Salt Intake In Dialysis Patients

• Main Authors: Mariko Okamoto (Author), Toshiko Osaki (Author), Daisuke Aoki (Author), Honami Fujii (Author), Hiroaki Ishii (Author), Genta Kanai (Author), Masafumi Fukagawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Salt intake is a key, but hard-to achieve target of nutrition guidance in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. In this study, we examined the influence of hypogeusia on oral salt intake in 34 HD patients (mean age: 59 years old) with dialysis vintage over 15 years. Their salt intake was calculated by...