Geriatric nurritional risk index in diagnostics of malnutrition in patients on peritoneal dialysis

Malnutrition is a prevalent concomitant disease in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Assessment of nutritional status is a necessary component of the complex treatment of these patients. Studying imformativeness of the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) whil...

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Main Authors: Olga Vetchinnikova, Inna Pichugina, M.F Vladimirsky
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/S2211913212005566