| Autor: |
M Anil Kumar, Aparna Rajeshwar Rao Bitla, K. V. N. Raju, Suchitra Musturu Manohar, V Siva Kumar, Srinivasa Rao Pemmaraju Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 23, Iss 6, Pp 1202-1207 (2012) |
| ISSN: |
1319-2442 |
| Popis: |
The nutritional status in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is a predictor of prognosis during the first period of dialysis. Serum albumin is the most commonly used nutritional marker. Another index is plasma amino acid profile. Of these, the plasma levels of branched chain amino acids (BCAA), especially valine and leucine, correlate well with nutritional status. Plasma BCAAs were evaluated along with albumin and C-reactive protein in 15 patients of early stages of CKD and 15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. A significant decrease in plasma valine, leucine and albumin levels was observed in CKD patients when compared with the controls (P |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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