EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) PATIENTS

In 2009, analysis of the French Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry (RDPLF) data revealed that 6 patients out of 355 (1,7%) were transferred to HD because of malnutrition after a median period of 31 months. Furthermore, malnutrition was responsible for the death of 5.1 % patients after a median pe...

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Main Authors: Max Dratwa, Christian Verger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212004093