Geriatric nutritional risk index: A mortality predictor in hemodialysis patients

Geriatric nutritional risk index: A mortality predictor in hemodialysis patients

Recently, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) has been introduced as a valuable tool to assess the nutritional status of hemodialysis (HD) patients. To determine the predictive value of the GNRI score for death in HD, we studied 145 chronic HD patients (%53 men, mean age 60 ± 16 years). The...

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Main Authors: Mahnaz Edalat-Nejad, Fatemeh Zameni, Mahdi Qlich-Khani, Fatemeh Salehi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2015;volume=26;issue=2;spage=302;epage=308;aulast=Edalat-Nejad

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