1 Hemodialysis patients can lose 10 to 12 grams of amino acids, the building blocks of protein, per treatment. 2  PD patients may lose 5 to 15 grams of protein per treatment.  Infection, inflammation, sores, anemia and other medical conditions call for a higher protein intake.
While both psychiatrists and psychologists are mental health professionals, the big difference is that psychiatrists are medical physicians (M.D. or D.O.) while psychologists are not. Because they are licensed physicians, psychiatrists can prescribe drugs.
Doctor vs Nurse. There has always been a huge difference between a nurse and a doctor. As you might have witnessed yourself, a doctor is the one who does the operations while the nurse is the one who assists him. Hence, what might really be the difference is what they have studied, which is why they reached such professions.