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Objective: Determine the prevalence of malnutrition per facility standards; examine interventions used to treat malnutrition; and share experiences, concerns, and solutions to problems in the management of malnutrition in dialysis patients in Texas. Design: Structured survey questionnaires. Setting: 196 outpatient hemodialysis (HD) and 86 peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs in End-Stage Renal Disease...
Hypoalbuminemia has been linked to an increased risk of mortality and morbidity in dialysis patients. The 1994 Health Care Financing Administration's Core Indicator Project reported that one in five adult hemodialysis patients had inadequate nutritional status as reflected by low serum albumin (SA) concentrations. In response to the need for education, intervention, and quality improvement tools,...