Malnutrition-inflammation complex, also called malnutrition-inflammation-cachexia syndrome, is a common condition seen in chronic disease states such as chronic kidney disease and chronic heart failure.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterIV: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
2. World Health Organization: Noncommunicable diseases (fact sheet)
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The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
3. Wikipedia: Malnutrition-inflammation complex
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Malnutrition-inflammation complex (syndrome) (MICS), also known as malnutrition-inflammation-cachexia syndrome, is a common condition in chronic disease states such as chronic kidney disease (where it is also known as uremic malnutrition or protein-energy malnutrition) and chronic heart failure.
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