Depression and Physical Frailty Have Additive Effect on the Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcome of Chinese Peritoneal Dialysis

• Auteurs principaux: Cheuk-Chun Szeto (Auteur), Gordon Chun-Kau Chan (Auteur), Jack Kit-Chung Ng (Auteur), Kai-Ming Chow (Auteur), Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan (Auteur), Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng (Auteur), Vickie Wai-Ki Kwong (Auteur), Man-Ching Law (Auteur), Chi-Bon Leung (Auteur), Philip Kam-Tao Li (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Karger Publishers, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Background/Aims: Frailty and depression both contribute to malnutrition and adverse clinical outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. However, their interaction is incompletely defined. Methods: We studied 178 adult Chinese PD patients. Physical frailty was assessed by a validated in-house ques...