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ReviewAnnals of medicine2023

Progress in the study of nutritional status and selenium in dialysis patients.

Meiran Cao, Shuai Zheng, Wenhua Zhang, Guicai Hu

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Review in Annals of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Selenium-Enriched Submerged Fermentation ofFood science & nutrition · 2025
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  4. Assessment of nutritional status and associated factors among hemodialysis patients in Isfahan, Iran.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meiran CaoDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.
Shuai ZhengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.
Wenhua ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.
Guicai HuDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.
Chengde Medical University · CNChengde Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malnutrition is very common in patients with chronic kidney disease, especially in those on maintenance dialysis. Malnutrition is one of the major factors affecting survival and death of dialysis patients, and reducing their activity tolerance and immunity. There are numerous and interacting risk factors for malnutrition, such as reduced nutritional intake, increased energy expenditure, hormonal disorders, and inflammation. Selenium, in the form of selenoproteins, is involved in many physiological processes in the body and plays an important role in maintaining redox homeostasis. Oxidative stress and infection are very common in dialysis patients, and selenium levels in dialysis patients are significantly lower than those in the healthy population. It has been shown that there is a correlation between selenium levels in hemodialysis patients and their nutrition-related indicators, and that selenium supplementation may improve malnutrition in patients. However, further studies are needed to support this conclusion and there is a lack of basic research to further characterize the potential mechanisms by which selenium may improve malnutrition in dialysis patients. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of factors associated with malnutrition in dialysis patients and to describe the progress of research on nutritional status and selenium levels in dialysis patients.

Indexed as

Kidney Failure, ChronicMalnutritionRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSeleniumHumansNutritional StatusRenal DialysisSeleniumchronic kidney diseaseDialysismalnutritionselenium

Identifiers

PMID37038353
PMCPMC10101670
OpenAlexW4364353335

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