Extension of Healthy Life Span of Dialysis Patients in the Era of a 100-Year Life

• Other Authors: Inaba, Masaaki (Editor), Mori, Katsuhiko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; hypertension; body weight; mortality; sodium; dialysis; malnutrition; protein energy wasting (PEW); sarcopenia; carnitine; carnitine deficiency; end-stage kidney disease; peritoneal dialysis; hemodialysis; frailty; protein energy wasting; hypercatabolism; renal rehabilitation; exercise; sarcopenia and frailty; nutritional support; protein synthesis; muscle physiology; physical activity; exercise tolerance; quality of life; skeletal muscle; aging; chronic kidney disease; diabetes; CKD-MBD; FGF23; aKlotho; phosphate-binder; zinc; cardiovascular disease; potassium; potassium excretion; blood pressure; salt; CKD; fat mass; visceral fat; subcutaneous fat; nutrition; body mass index; obesity paradox; magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; arterial spin labeling; blood oxygenation level-dependent; nutritional status; dialysis patients; clinical malnutrition; older individuals; n/a
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Malnutrition is becoming a more prominent health problem, with an increasing number of elderly CKD patients being put on dialysis. In addition, the presence of inflammation, sarcopenia/frailty, diabetes, and CVD is a definite and independent risk factor associated with higher mortality in this popul...