Association between nutritional indicators and risk of hospitalization among hemodialysis patients

ABSTRACT Objective To verify the ability of nutritional indicators to predict risk of hospitalization in hemodialysis patients. Methods This prospective cohort study was conducted in two hemodialysis units in Southern Brazil. The following nutritional indicators were evaluated: subjective global a...

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Main Authors: Patrícia SZUCK, Letícia Maria FÜHR, Monique Ferreira GARCIA, Angela Teodósio da SILVA, Elisabeth WAZLAWIK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2016-06-01
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732016000300317&lng=en&tlng=en