scholarly journals Chronic Kidney Disease Associated with Pruritus And Nursing Care

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neşe Altınok Ersoy ◽  
İmatullah Akyar
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Pathophysiological Mechanism ◽  
Unpleasant Sensation ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Pruritus is defined as an unpleasant sensation and there are many diseases in the etiopathogenesis. Among these systemic diseases, chronic renal failure associated with pruritus is seen with a prevalence of 10-70% in end stage renal disease patients. Although there are many hypotheses about the pathophysiological mechanism of chronic renal failure associated pruritus, it is still unclear and adversely affects the patients’ life. Patients have insomnia with itching at night, fatigue, itching scratching with discomfort and social isolation problems. The negative impact of the quality of life of the patients makes assessment of the itch important and the assessment is done by both subjective and objective measurement methods and scales. While pharmacological and non-pharmacological options are included in the treatment, nursing care includes skin care precautions and practices on chronic renal failure associated pruritus. In nursing care, prevention, early detection and assessment with written and verbal scales of pruritus with record of chronic renal failure pruritus. In this review, chronic renal failure associated pruritus and prevalence, classification, pathophysiological hypothesis, impact on patients' life, assessment, treatment and nursing care will be mentioned.ce, classification, pathophysiological hypothesis, impact on patients' life, assessment, treatment and nursing care will be mentioned.

Recent Advances in the Management of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent With Chronic Renal Failure

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
Richard N. Fine
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Irreversible Reduction ◽  
Age Limits ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

The prognosis of the infant, child, or adolescent with chronic renal failure, defined as an irreversible reduction in glomerular filtration rate, has improved during the past quarter century because of the use of dialysis and renal transplantation. These have prolonged lives in previously fatal situations. Because the potential not only to sustain life but also to effect full rehabilitation exists with the introduction of these treatments, it is now imperative that the multisystem consequences of uremia be either minimized or totally avoided in the pediatric patient with chronic renal failure. The role of the pediatrician in managing the infant, child, or adolescent with chronic renal failure should be directed toward minimizing the potentially devastating consequences of uremia so that the patient is in optimal clinical condition when end stage renal disease occurs. INCIDENCE It is difficult to know the incidence and prevalence of chronic renal failure and end stage renal disease in children. Surveys in Europe and North America have been conducted to obtain precise information regarding these issues; not only have the definitions included in these surveys differed, but the upper and lower age limits defining pediatric patients have not been uniform. The available data suggest a prevalence of chronic renal failure of 18.5 per 1 million child population and an incidence of end stage renal disease of from 3 to 6 children per 1 million total population.

scholarly journals Circulating Renin Angiotensin System in Childhood Chronic Renal Failure: Marked Increase of Angiotensin-(1–7) in End-Stage Renal Disease

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana C Simões E Silva ◽  
José Silvério S Diniz ◽  
Regina M Pereira ◽  
Sérgio V Brant Pinheiro ◽  
Robson Augusto S Santos
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Renin Angiotensin System ◽  
Angiotensin System ◽  
Renin Angiotensin ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Reactivation of Systemic Lupus in three Patients Undergoing CAPD

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
George G. Wu ◽  
D.R. Gelbart ◽  
James A. Hasbargen ◽  
Robert Inman ◽  
Peter McNamee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Lupus Nephritis ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
Immunological Changes ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Generally patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to lupus nephritis, have minimal extrarenal disease activity <Juring hemodialysis. This may be related to immunological changes secondary to chronic renal failure or the dialysis procedure itself, or both. This paper describes three patients with lupus nephritis undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in whom we observed reactivation of SLE, by both clinical and serological criteria. This may suggest that in patients undergoing CAPD the immune system is more nearly intact than in hemodialysis. These cases should heighten awareness that patients may suffer flare-ups of SLE during CAPD even long after the onset of renal failure.

scholarly journals Chronic Renal Failure, Cachexia, and Ghrelin

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Laviano ◽  
Z. Krznaric ◽  
K. Sanchez-Lara ◽  
I. Preziosa ◽  
A. Cascino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Chronic Renal Disease ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Protein Energy Wasting ◽  
Protein Energy ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Protein energy wasting is frequently observed in patients with advanced chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease. Anorexia and reduced food intake are critical contributing factors and negatively impact on patients' survival. Ghrelin is a prophagic peptide produced by the stomach and acting at the hypothalamic level to increase the activity of orexigenic neurons. In patients with chronic renal disease, plasma levels are increased as a likely effect of reduced renal clearance. Nevertheless, patients' food intake is significantly reduced, suggesting inflammation-mediated resistance of hypothalamic nuclei to peripheral signals. A number of forms of evidence show that ghrelin resistance could be overcome by the administration of exogenous ghrelin. Therefore, ghrelin has been proposed as a potential strategy to improve food intake in chronic renal failure patients with protein energy wasting. Preliminary data are encouraging although larger prospective clinical trials are needed to confirm the results and to identify those patients who are likely to benefit most from the administration of exogenous ghrelin.

scholarly journals HAEMODIALYSIS IN B. P. KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, DHARAN - AN INITIAL EXPERIENCE

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (139) ◽  
pp. 134-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjib Kumar Sharma ◽  
P Kumar ◽  
A Chapagain ◽  
S Koirala
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Acute Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Dialysis supports life, in spite of complete cessation of renal functions. Haemodialysis(HD) service became available in B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharansince September 1999. Six hundred and sixty one sessions of HD in 50 patients werecarried out in one year. End stage renal disease (ESRD), acute renal failure (ARF),acute on chronic renal failure constituted 54%, 26% and 20% of the patientsrespectively. Majority of the patients (72%) were between 15 to 50 years of age. Chronicglomerulonephritis, chronic interstitial nephritis, and diabetes nephropathy were themost common causes of ESRD. Recovery following HD was 70% in ARF,whileallpatients of acute on chronic renal failure improved following few sessions of HD.Drop out rate on maintained haemodialysis (MHD) was 52%. The increasing demandof dialysis service in this region is difficult to fulfill due to restricted facilities fordialysis, lack of renal transplantation in Nepal, and economic constraint in the part ofpatients. Primary and secondary prevention of renal diseases by community education,awareness and participation needs emphasis. Key Words: Haemodialysis, End stage renal disease, Acute renal failure,Acute on chronic renal failure.

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