[Diet therapy of patients with chronic diffuse glomerulonephritis]

Results of dietotherapy used in dealing with 68 patients suffering from chronic diffuse glomerulonephritis at the stage of chronic renal incompetence and with 50 others with the nephrotic syndrome are reported. The pertinent observations and investigations indicate that the most adequate ration for patients with chronic renal insufficiency is the one containing 40 g of protein. With a far advanced renal incompetence the treatment is to be started with a diet containing 20 g of protein and then, as the condition of the patients gets better, puts them on a diet with 40 g of protein. Observations have also brought out the fact that patients with nephrotic syndrome are in need of a diet containing 1.5-2 g of protein per 1 kg of an edema-free body weight of the patient.