Dietary Protein and Renal Failure

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Abstract
IT is the accepted method of treatment in acute renal failure and in acute exacerbations of chronic failure to place the patient on a protein-free regimen that includes a daily intake of at least 100 gm. of carbohydrate for its protein-sparing effect, this figure having been given by Gamble,1 in 1947, as providing the approximately maximum protein-sparing effect. He found very little further protection of body protein when the intake was increased to 200 gm. in his experiments. The 100-gm. figure has since been widely accepted. A number of authors, however, have suggested that an increased caloric intake would further . . .