Study on prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among patients on hemodialysis

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dc.contributor.authorDuraisamy, Anbarasuen_US
dc.contributor.authorParthasarathy, Prathiba.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T10:09:34Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T10:09:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBackground: The incidence and prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease is increasing slowly. Peripheral Neuropathy among CKD patients is the most common neurological complication of uremia, but still it is an under estimated problem adversely affecting the patient’s quality of life. It is more often a silent burden for the patient, progressively affecting his/her quality of life. Hence, this study aimed at analyzing and elaborating the diverse manifestations of CKD and establish the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis in our Hospital. Materials and methods: This was a cross sectional study done on patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis at Government Vellore Medical college and Hospital for a duration of 6 months from July 2017 to December 2017. After obtaining informed consent, the participants satisfying the inclusion criteria were asked detailed history and clinical examination was performed according to the well-designed proforma cited below. The presence of neuropathy was assessed using Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Scores. Results: The mean age of the study subjects was 47.87 years. Most of the patients belonged to the age group 40-70 years. Out of 60 cases, there were 35 (58.0%) males and 25 (42.0%) females. The Male to Female sex ratio was 1.38:1. The prevalence of clinical Uremic distal symmetrical sensory-motor peripheral neuropathy assessed by MNSI in the CKD on HD population was 71.66%. The smallest MNSI score obtained in the study population was 2 and the largest score was 7. Conclusion: Uremic neuropathy is the most common neurological complication in patients with uraemia. MNSI physical assessment could be used as a simple bed side examination to determine the presence or absence of uremic peripheral neuropathyen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor, Government Vellore Medical College and Hospital, Adukkamparai, Vellore, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Government Vellore Medical College and Hospital, Adukkamparai, Vellore, India, prathusarathy@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationDuraisamy Anbarasu, Parthasarathy Prathiba.. Study on prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among patients on hemodialysis. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2018 Oct; 5(10): 87-94en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/187090
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Society for Excellenceen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber10en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.subjectChronic kidney diseaseen_US
dc.subjectHemodialysisen_US
dc.subjectUremiaen_US
dc.subjectPeripheral neuropathyen_US
dc.titleStudy on prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among patients on hemodialysisen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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