Table 1

- Diagnosis of malnutrition and neuromuscular complications after BMS.

Medical complicationsDescriptions
Malnutrition44Albumin < 35 gm/L and/or total protein < 66 gm/L ± one or more of: magnesium < 0.7 mmol/L, calcium < 2.1 mmol/L, phosphorus < 0.74 mmol/L, potassium < 3.5 mmol/L, iron < 9 umol/L, vitamin B1 < 66.08 nmol/L, vitamin B6 < 20 nmol/L, folate (B9) < 10 nmol/L, vitamin B12 < 145 pmol/L, vitamin D < 30 umol/L, vitamin A < 1 umol/L, vitamin K < 0.2 ng/mL, copper < 12.6 umol/L, zinc < 10 umol/L, selenium < 70 ng/mL
Neuromuscular*45Abnormal findings of either: MRI (for central lesions) or nerve conduction study (NCS) and/or electro myelography (EMG) (for peripheral lesions) undertaken as in/outpatient

*Diagnosed by neurologists and clinical neurophysiologists based on clinical, laboratory, and electrodiagnostic findings