Pilot validation of objective malnutrition—inflammation scores in pediatric and adolescent cohort on chronic maintenance dialysis
Background: In recognition of the challenges inherent with the use of single-item indices for the diagnosis of malnutrition–inflammation morbidity in pediatric dialysis patients, to enhance accuracy, we validated a composite scoring system in a pilot study. The objective malnutrition—inflammation sc...
Main Authors: | Franca M Iorember, Oluwatoyin F Bamgbola |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-10-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312114555564 |
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