STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL-STATUS OF MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS

The nutritional status of 75 maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients w as evaluated according to the dietary intake analysis, anthropometric measurements, biochemical and immunological parameters in this study. Furthermore, some possible factors which would affect nutritional stat us of hemodialysis patients were discussed. The results showed that he modialysis patients demonstrated a high incidence of malnutrition. The low intake of protein and calorie, metabolic acidosis and inadequate dialysis would worsen the malnutrition while erythropoietin treatment improve the nutritional status of hemodialysis patients. Based on thes e results, suggestions were proposed for the improvement of nutritiona l status of MHD.