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Dialysis efficacy and itching in renal failure. Nephron 1992;62(3):257-61

Date

01/01/1992

Pubmed ID

1436334

DOI

10.1159/000187055

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026640237 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   44 Citations

Abstract

Itching in nondialyzed uremic subjects and patients on dialysis remains incompletely explained and poorly treated. We evaluated our chronic hemo- and peritoneal dialysis patients for this symptom and synthetically reviewed previous reports on itching and renal failure. We found no biochemical correlates of itching but did find that itching was less with better dialysis as defined by urea kinetic modelling. We conclude that improved dialysis techniques will continue to reduce the prevalence of itching in end-stage renal disease patients.

Author List

Masi CM, Cohen EP



MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Pruritus
Renal Dialysis
Time Factors