What is it about?

This is a simple stepwise guide to the management of patients with CKD-associated itching

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Why is it important?

This is a major problem for many patients with advanced CKD. It is under-recognised and under-treated. When used carefully, the treatments are dramatically effective.

Perspectives

There are few more rewarding things for a medic to do than to relieve suffering and change a patient's life. This is one condition where that is possible.

Dr Hugh C Rayner
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

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This page is a summary of: Itching in renal failure: a curse with a cure, Journal of Renal Nursing, July 2013, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/jorn.2013.5.4.178.
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