Chaudhary Muhammad Junaid Nazar
1*, John Anderson
21 Department of Endocrinology, University of Buckingham, Royal Gwent Hospital, NHS Trust, Wales, UK
2 Division of Medical Education, Postgraduate Medicine Brighton & Sussex Medical School University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Malnutrition is not specific to any stage of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but evidently it is present even before starting renal replacement therapy (RRT). Reports published by the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) Study indicate that early signs of malnutrition, such as reduction in body mass index (BMI), weight and anthropometric measurements, and notable decline in urinary biochemistry parameters, including urinary creatinine excretion, was observed in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients.
Please cite this paper as: Nazar CMJ, Anderson J. Extent of malnutrition in end-stage renal disease patients. J Nephropharmacol 2014; 3(2): 27-28.