Table 3.
Prevalence of PEW in patients with AKI based on SGA.
| Study | Setting | n | Subjective Global Assessment (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well-Nourished | Mildly/Moderately Malnourished | Severely Malnourished | |||
| Fiaccadori, 1999 [26] | RICU | 309 | 42.1 | 16.2 | 41.7 |
| Berbel, 2014 [21] | ICU and wards | 133 | 39.8 | 42.9 | 17.3 |
| Guimaraes, 2008 [28] | ICU | 56 | 17.9 | 67.8 | 14.3 |
| Kritmetapak, 2016 [29] | ICU | 70 | 41.4 | 41.4 | 17.2 |
Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; ICU, intensive care unit; PEW, protein energy wasting; RICU, renal intermediate care unit; SGA, subjective global assessment.