| Autor: |
Melissa Schorr, Mariah Zalitach, Cindy House, Janice Gomes, Conor J. Wild, Fabio R. Salerno, Christopher McIntyre |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in neurology. 13 |
| ISSN: |
1664-2295 |
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BackgroundAbnormalities in cognitive function are almost universal in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) and are associated with worse quality of life, impaired decision making, increased healthcare utilization and mortality. While cognitive impairment in the HD population is increasingly recognized, it is unclear how quickly it develops after starting HD.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study of a cohort of low dialysis vintage HD patients (ResultsForty-nine HD patients were included in this study; 43 completed the full battery of tests. The average scores for HD patients were consistently below the age and sex-matched controls. Fifty-five percent of HD patients had cognitive impairment in verbal skills, 43% in reasoning and 18% in short-term memory.ConclusionsThere is a high prevalence of CI evident early after starting HD, with the largest deficits seen in reasoning and verbal processing. These deficits may be attributable to the HD treatment itself. Further studies are needed to characterize the natural history of CI in this patient population and to test interventions aimed at preventing or slowing its progression. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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