Undertreatment of Symptoms in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Claxton, René N ^a   Blackhall, Leslie ^c   Weisbord, Steven D ^a,b   Holley, Jean L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis patients; quality of life; symptom assessment; symptom burden; symptom management

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE; TRAMADOL; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEPHROLOGIST; NERVOUSNESS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 75749091170     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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