TY - JOUR T1 - Diet in the management of chronic renal failure JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 61 LP - 64 DO - 10.1136/dtb.16.16.61 VL - 16 IS - 16 A2 - , Y1 - 1978/08/04 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/16/16/61.abstract N2 - The definitive treatment of chronic renal failure involves regular dialysis followed where possible by renal transplantation. Some physicians embark on dialysis or transplantation before symptoms develop; others prefer to wait until symptoms cannot be controlled by diet alone. Common early symptoms of chronic renal failure include lassitude, fatigue, nausea and vomiting. It is worth starting with a diet as soon as such symptoms develop in a patient for whom dialysis or transplantation is unsuitable or unavailable. ER -