Changes in Nutritional Status on Follow-Up of an Incident Cohort of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Nutritional Considerations in Indian Patients on PD

“…On multivariate regression analysis, only SGA was a significant predictor of peritonitis. Peritonitis-free survival was better in patients showing normal nutrition than showing malnutrition (32).Indian PD patients are thought to consistently fail to achieve NKF-KDOQI recommended calorie and protein intake, which was confirmed in some Indian studies (31).There is an overall paucity of good data from India. Assessment of nutritional status, and the management of malnutrition, all remain suboptimal at present.…”

“…Patients almost invariably fall short of recommended dietary intakes (30). The mean age of our CAPD patients is lower than that of PD patients in Western countries (31), and most of our PD patients are malnourished at PD initiation (20). Comorbidities may also be different in Indian PD patients.…”

Assessment of Malnutrition of Dialysis Patients and Comparison of Nutritional Parameters of CAPD and Hemodialysis Patients

“…Because malnutrition is the major co-morbid condition of patients on dialysis, regular monitoring of nutritional status, delivering adequate food intake, maintenance of adequate dialysis dose and therapeutic intervention are necessary. Dietary counseling should be a part of treatment to provide adequate calorie and protein intake (Prasad et al, 2008;Martin-Del-Campo et al, 2009)…”

Confounding Effect of Comorbidities and Malnutrition on Survival of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

“…5 We showed that large numbers of our PD patients in India are already malnourished at the initiation of dialysis. 6 In addition, the stratification of comorbidities exerts an impact on the nutritional indices and survival of PD patients. 7 Protein-energy malnutrition may be a consequence of uremia, or may be related to comorbid conditions.…”