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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Development and Validation of a Uremic Pruritus Treatment Algorithm and Patient Information Toolkit in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD).

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2020 Feb


J Pain Symptom Manage


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31610269?dopt=Abstract


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Development and Validation of a Uremic Pruritus Treatment Algorithm and Patient Information Toolkit in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD).

Authors

Development and Validation of a Uremic Pruritus Treatment Algorithm and Patient Information Toolkit in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD).
Ragazzo J, Cesta A, Jassal VS, Chiang N, Battistella M
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Feb; 59(2):279-292.e5.
PMID: 31610269.

Abstract

Uremic pruritus (UP) affects up to half of all patients with kidney disease and has been independently associated with poor patient outcomes. UP is a challenging symptom for clinicians to manage as there are no validated guidelines for its treatment.
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