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

Canaud, Bernard; Granger Vallee, A.; Molinari, Nicolas; Chénine, Leïla; Leray‐Moragues, Hélène; Rodríguez, A.; Chalabi, Lotfi; Moréna, Marion; Cristol, Jean‐Paul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093286

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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

Published in PLoS ONE • Mar 26, 2014

Authors:

Bernard Canaud

A. Granger Vallee

Nicolas Molinari

Abstract

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...

Subject

Creatinine

Dialysis

Wasting

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