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ReviewNutrients2021

Importance of Considering Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in Order to Improve the QOL of Elderly Hemodialysis Patients in Japan in the Era of 100-Year Life.

Masaaki Inaba, Senji Okuno, Yoshiteru Ohno

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Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masaaki InabaDepartment of Nephrology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 543-8585, Japan.
Senji OkunoKidney Center, Shirasagi Hospital, 7-11-23, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 546-0002, Japan.
Yoshiteru OhnoKidney Center, Ohno Memorial Hospital, 1-26-10, Minami-Horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0015, Japan.
Osaka City University · JPShirasagi Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current aging society of Japan, malnutrition and resultant sarcopenia have been widely identified as important symptomatic indicators of ill health and can cause impairments of longevity and quality of life in older individuals. Elderly individuals are recommended to have sufficient calorie and protein intake so as to enjoy a satisfactory quality of life, including maintaining activities of daily living in order to avoid emaciation and sarcopenia. The prevalence of emaciation and sarcopenia in elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients in Japan is higher than in non-HD elderly subjects due to the presence of malnutrition and sarcopenia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Furthermore, comorbidities, such as diabetes and osteoporosis, induce malnutrition and sarcopenia in HD patients. This review presents findings regarding the mechanisms of the development of these early symptomatic conditions and their significance for impaired QOL and increased mortality in elderly HD patients.

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Quality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAged, 80 and overElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaFemaleHumansJapanMaleMalnutritionNutritional StatusPrevalenceRenal DialysisRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSarcopeniachronic kidney diseaseclinical malnutritionhemodialysismortalityolder individualsquality of lifesarcopenia

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PMID34371887
PMCPMC8308469
OpenAlexW3183121190

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