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Perit Dial Int 16(Suppl_1): 195-202 1996
© 1996 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol 16, Issue Suppl_1, S195-S202
Copyright © 1996 by International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

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Nutritional status of CAPD patients at three years

L Palop, N Vega, T Rodriguez, A Fernandez, JC Rodriguez, C Plaza, L Hortal, M Perdomo, E Baamonde, P Perez, and JA Martinez

Nephrology Service, Hospital Nuestra Senora Del Pino, Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.

A nutritional assessment was carried out in 63 patients starting treatment from April 1990 up to December 1993. Anthropometric measurements were performed showing a prevalence of protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) of 21% in a total of 142 clinical surveys carried out in the above-mentioned sample. A steady state of albumin levels in plasma was verified during a three-year follow-up period at a lower level than that of the control group. The patients' lymphocytic profile throughout the study was characterized by lymphopenia and decreased B and T8 lymphocytes. During the first two years of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), a high percentage of patients met the "adequacy" dialysis criteria as residual renal function plays an important role as regards treatment.






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