| Literature DB >> 27693261 |
Jennifer S Scherer1, Sara A Combs2, Frank Brennan3.
Abstract
Maintenance dialysis patients experience a high burden of physical and emotional symptoms that directly affect their quality of life and health care utilization. In this review, we specifically highlight common troublesome symptoms affecting dialysis patients: insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and uremic pruritus. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and evidence-based current treatment are reviewed with the goal of providing a guide for diagnosis and treatment. Finally, we identify multiple additional areas of further study needed to improve symptom management in dialysis patients.Entities:
Keywords: Sleep disorders; chronic renal failure; dialysis; end-stage renal disease (ESRD); insomnia; kidney disease; quality of life (QoL); restless legs syndrome; review; symptom management; symptoms; uremic pruritus
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27693261 PMCID: PMC5497466 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.07.031
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Kidney Dis ISSN: 0272-6386 Impact factor: 8.860