Education
PRiNG has developed competencies for paediatric renal dietitians. Please contact the chair to obtain a copy.
Vitaflo’s 10th International Paediatric Renal Nutrition Conference will be held as a hybrid event on 1st and 2nd November 2022. For those able to travel and attend in-person, the conference will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport, UK. For those unable to attend in person, the event will be live streamed and thus can be watched virtually. Please contact the chair for further details.
Topics will include:
- Clinical practice recommendations from the Paediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce
- Managing nausea and vomiting
- Emerging topics in paedaitric kidney disease
- Current reseach and audits
Useful Resources
Kidney Diseases. Clinical Paediatric Dietetics, 5th edition. Ed Shaw V, 2020. Wiley Blackwell
Energy and protein requirements for children with CKD stages 2-5 and on dialysis - clinical practice recommendations from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6968982/
The dietary management of calcium and phosphate in children with CKD stages 2-5 and on dialysis - clinical practice recommendation from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6969014/
NICE guidelines [CG157] Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease: Management of hyperphosphataemia in patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG157
KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in Children with CKD: 2008 Update. Am J Kidney Dis 2009; 53(3):S1-S124.
https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/docs/cpgpednutr2008.pdf
KDIGO 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD).
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY VOLUME 7
https://kdigo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-KDIGO-CKD-MBD-GL-Update.pdf
infoKID - information for parents and carers about children's kidney conditions
KidsKidneyDiet app - education interactive app for children and parents/carers available for free via the Apple app store to download (not available on Android devices)
Kidney Friendly Cookbook (available in English and Arabic) - available on the Kidney Care UK website
https://www.kidneycareuk.org/news-and-campaigns/news/new-kidney-friendly-cookbook
Assessment of nutritional status in children with kidney diseases - clinical practice recommendations from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-020-04852-5
The dietary management of potassium in children with CKD stages 2–5 and on dialysis - clinical practice recommendations from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-04923-1
Delivery of a nutritional prescription by enteral tube feeding in children with chronic kidney disease stages 2–5 and on dialysis - clinical practice recommendations from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-020-04623-2
Clinical practice recommendations for native vitamin D therapy in children with chronic kidney disease Stages 2–5 and on dialysis