Abstract

PUCHULU, MB. Inflammation and Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease. Diaeta [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.134, pp.16-22. ISSN 1852-7337.

Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease may suffer from a chronic infammatory state reflected by the elevation of infammatory markers as C-Reactive Protein. There is a strong association between clinical complications, malnutrition and infammation in dialysis patients. The terms Malnutrition, Infammation and Atherosclerosis and Malnutrition-Infammation Complex Syndrome (MICS) have been proposed to indicate the combination of these conditions in these patients. In dialysis patients the Protein-Energy Malnutrition and the infammation are associated with the increase of morbidity and mortality, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The Subjective Global Assessment and the Malnutrition-Infammation Score are two tools for assessing protein-energy malnutrition in hemodialysis patients. Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition is a strategy for safe and appropriate nutrition intervention.

Keywords : Chronic kidney disease; Malnutrition-infammation complex syndrome (mics); Protein-energy malnutrition; Wasting.

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