The screening score of Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a useful routine screening tool for malnutrition risk in patients on maintenance dialysis.
Els HolvoetKarsten Vanden WyngaertAmaryllis H Van CraenenbroeckWim Van BiesenSunny ElootPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The MNA-SF is independently associated with 2 year mortality in dialysis patients. It has a high negative predictive value for excluding being at risk or having malnutrition in the full score. Therefore, it can be advocated as a screening tool for nutritional status in dialysis patients.