Evaluation of nutritional status and factors related to malnutrition in children on CAPD

Ekim M., Ikinciogullari A., ULUKOL B., Bakkaloglu S., Ozkaya N., Kendirli T., ...More

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, vol.23, no.6, pp.557-562, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/089686080302300607
  • Journal Name: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.557-562
  • Keywords: malnutrition, growth retardation, AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS, CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE, GROWTH-FACTOR-I, HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS, PATIENT SURVIVAL, CYTOKINES, ADEQUACY, HORMONE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the nutritional status of children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and to relate it to the dose of dialysis and serum levels of inflammatory cytokines and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1).