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Creatinine Index as a Surrogate of Lean Body Mass Derived from Urea Kt/V, Pre-Dialysis Serum Levels and Anthropometric Characteristics of Haemodialysis Patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Protein-energy wasting is common in long-term haemodialysis (HD) patients with chronic kidney disease and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The creatinine index (CI) is a simple and useful nutritional parameter reflecting the dietary skeletal muscle pro...

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Autores principales: Canaud, Bernard, Granger Vallée, Alexandre, Molinari, Nicolas, Chenine, Leila, Leray-Moragues, Hélène, Rodriguez, Annie, Chalabi, Lotfi, Morena, Marion, Cristol, Jean-Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24671212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093286