High Prevalence of Malnutrition and Inflammation in Undialyzed Patients with Chronic Renal Failure in Developing Countries: A Single Center Experience from Eastern India

Abstract

Thus, malnutrition was common in patients with CRF before the commencement of dialysis. These data indicate that an emphasis should be placed on the assessment and prevention or correction of malnutrition in patients with CRF because of its documented adverse effect on the outcome on maintenance dialysis.