Interactions Between Malnutrition, Inflammation, and Fluid Overload and Their Associations With Survival in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients

Predialysis fluid overload (FO) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is associated with an increased risk of death, further increased by the presence of inflammation. Malnutrition is also associated with outcome. Study objectives were, firstly, to investigate if the presence of FO is associated with malnutrition and whether this association is influenced by the presence of inflammation. Second, we assessed the associations of FO, malnutrition, and inflammation with outcome individually and in combination.

Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - August 23, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Marijke J.E. Dekker, Constantijn Konings, Bernard Canaud, Frank M. van der Sande, Stefano Stuard, Jochen G. Raimann, Elife Öztürk, Len Usvyat, Peter Kotanko, Jeroen P. Kooman Tags: Original Research Source Type: research