Abstract
O diagnostico de desnutricao em pacientes com doenca renal cronica (DRC) e um desafio, pois nao existe um indicador “amplo e perfeito”,. Na diretriz de pratica clinica publicada recentemente para nutricao na DRC, metodos compostos de avaliacao nutricional, como o escore de desnutricao-inflamacao (EDI), foram destacados porque incluem variaveis clinicas, dieteticas, bioquimicas e antropometricas e, portanto, sao mais abrangentes. Alem disso, a forca de preensao manual (FPM) foi listada como um metodo confiavel e direto para avaliar a funcao muscular [...]
Highlights
HGS measurement is a useful tool for identifying the functional disability and the risk of early mortality[3] in patients with CKD4,5
The main limitation of this study was the wide age range (18 to 87 years) because it is well known that elderly patients present a reduced muscle strength and an altered motor coordination compared to younger people, which can result in an inaccurate measurement
Another study with Brazilian chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on hemodialysis[7] reported that mortality was higher in patients with HGS below the sex-age-specific cutoffs (17.8 kg for women
Summary
HGS measurement is a useful tool for identifying the functional disability and the risk of early mortality[3] in patients with CKD4,5. Sostisso and colleagues[6] have indicated the HGS cutoff point of
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