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

• Main Authors: Rahman, Tanjina, Khor, Ban-Hock, Sahathevan, Sharmela, Kaur, Deepinder, Latifi, Eno, Afroz, Mousume, Mitali, Esrat Jahan, Tashkandi, Bayan, Begum, Nura Afza Salma, Kashem, Tasnuva Sarah, Arefin, Shakib Uz Zaman, Daud, Zulfitri Azuan Mat, Karupaiah, Tilakavati, Rashid, Harun Ur, Khosla, Pramod
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102933/; https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/7/1469

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...