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Dialysis Malnutrition and Malnutrition Inflammation Scores: screening tools for prediction of dialysis-related protein-energy wasting in Malaysia

Harvinder GS 1 , Swee WC 2 , Karupaiah T 3 , Sahathevan S 3 , Chinna K 4 , Ahmad G 5 Show all authors , Bavanandan S 5 , Goh BL 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email: winnie_chee@imu.edu.my
  • 3 Dietetics Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Nephrology Department of Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Nephrology Department of Serdang Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr, 2016;25(1):26-33.
PMID: 26965758 DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.1.01

Abstract

Malnutrition is highly prevalent in Malaysian dialysis patients and there is a need for a valid screening tool for early identification and management. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the sensitivity of the Dialysis Malnutrition Score (DMS) and Malnutrition Inflammation Score (MIS) tools in predicting protein-energy wasting (PEW) among Malaysian dialysis patients.

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