Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assessing kidney function -- Screening and management: overview -- Smoking, substance abuse, and environmental hazards -- Visceral adiposity and controlling body weight through diet and exercise -- Sodium and potassium intake -- Dietary sodium and potassium: a dietitian’s perspective -- Protein intake -- Mineral and bone disorders -- Restricting protein and phosphorus: a dietitian’s perspective -- Vitamins, trace minerals, and alternative medicine supplements -- Acid–base and electrolyte disorders -- Dyslipidemia -- Glucose control in diabetes mellitus and kidney disease -- Optimizing blood pressure and reducing proteinuria -- Resistant hypertension -- Peripheral artery and cerebrovascular disease -- Diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndromes -- Heart failure in chronic kidney disease -- Hematuria investigation and management -- Nephrotic range proteinuria -- Acute kidney injury -- Anemia -- Drug dosing in chronic kidney disease -- Chronic kidney disease in children -- Pregnancy in chronic kidney disease -- Management of chronic kidney disease in older adults -- Chronic kidney disease in asia -- Preemptive kidney transplantation -- Preparing for dialysis -- Tool kits and web-based resources -- International guidelines for chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes