Validity of nutrition risk index as a malnutrition screening tool compared with subjective global assessment in end-stage renal disease patients on peritoneal dialysis

Validity of nutrition risk index as a malnutrition screening tool compared with subjective global assessment in end-stage renal disease patients on peritoneal dialysis

We undertook this study to compare subjective global assessment (SGA) and nutrition risk index (NRI) as malnutrition screening tools in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Nutrition status of the patients was categorized into low, moderate and high risk of malnutrition based on both NRI and SGA. The...

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Main Authors: N Prasad, A Sinha, A Gupta, D Bhadauria, R Manjunath, A Kaul, R K Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
Malnutrition
nutrition risk index
peritoneal dialysis
subjective global assessment
Online Access:http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2016;volume=26;issue=1;spage=27;epage=32;aulast=Prasad

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