Protein energy wasting in a cohort of maintenance hemodialysis patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Tanjina Rahman, Khor, Ban-Hock, Sharmela Sahathevan, Deepinder Kaur, Eno Latifi, Mousume Afroz, Esrat Jahan, Bayan Tashkandi, Nura Afza Salma Begum, Tasnuva Sarah Kash, Shakib Uz Zaman Arefin, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud, Tilakavati Karupaiah, Harun Ur Rashid, Pramod Khosla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: RC31-1245 Internal medicine; TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42386/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42386/; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071469

Malnutrition is associated with high rates of mortality among patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD). There is a paucity of data from Bangladesh, where around 35,000–40,000 people reach ESKD annually. We assessed protein-energy wasting (PEW) amongst 133 patients at a single hemodialysis setti...