Do you advise your patients with CKD to consume a set amount of fluids daily in an attempt to prevent disease progression?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
No. I advise them to limit fluid intake and drink only according to thirst. There 3 caveats to this.
- Patients with a history of kidney stones need to drink more water.
- Patients with hypernatremia need to drink more water.
- Whether drinking more water will prevent bladder cancer has been debated, but I ...