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- PublicationDialysis Malnutrition and Malnutrition Inflammation Scores: screening tools for prediction of dialysis-related protein-energy wasting in Malaysia(2016)
;Gilcharan Singh Harvinder ;Winnie Chee Siew Swee ;Tilakavati Karupaiah ;Sharmela Sahathevan ;Karuthan Chinna ;Ghazali Ahmad ;Sunita BavanandanBak Leong GohMalnutrition is highly prevalent in Malaysian dialysis patients and there is a need for a valid screening tool for early identification and management. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the sensitivity of the Dialysis Malnutrition Score (DMS) and Malnutrition Inflammation Score (MIS) tools in predicting protein-energy wasting (PEW) among Malaysian dialysis patients.