Predictors factors of COVID-19-associated mortality in dialysis patients: Importance of nutritional status
Nathalia Giugliano Russo,
Bárbara Bárbara Pacheco Gabriel,
Juliana Venanzi Gouveia
et al.
Abstract:Background
Patients with comorbidities, such as chronic renal disease, are susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection. Dialysis patients have a high prevalence of malnutrition, and it has been demonstrated association between nutritional status and several unfavorable outcomes in this population. The aim of this study was to assess nutritional status through Malnutrition-Inflammation Score (MIS) and phase angle (PhA), along with demographic and biochemical indicators and verify whether they are predictive varia… Show more
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