Research Article

Skin Changes, Frequencies and Associated Factors in Maintanence Hemodialysis Patients: Single Center Experience

Volume: 17 Number: 2 July 15, 2022
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Skin Changes, Frequencies and Associated Factors in Maintanence Hemodialysis Patients: Single Center Experience

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluated to the prevalance of skin lesions among patients with undergoing hemodialysis and to determine their relations with dialysis adequacy, time of hemodialysis and co-morbid diseases. Material and Methods: Two hundred forty four hemodialysis patients were included in the study. Patients was examined by a volunteer dermatologist during their monthly pyhsical examinations. All other data were recorded retrospectively from hospital record system. Results: The patients were 102 (42%) women and 142 (58%) men with a mean age of 58.0±18.2 years. The median duration of hemodialysis was 4.2 years. The most common skin finding was xerosis, which was present in 60.6% of the patients. Other common skin findings were pruritis (53%), hair reduction (49.5%), hair changes (47.9%), nail changes (42.5%), eczema (20.9%), and hyperpigmentation (8.6%), in order of frequency. Xerosis was more commonly found in diabetic patients than non-diabetic. (p<0.001). A significant relationship was seen between dialysis adequacy (Kt/V) and pruritis and xerosis (p=0.01). There was no significant correlations between skin lesions and Calcium (Ca), phospour (P), CaXP, parathormon (PTH) ferritin or albumin. The rate of onychomycosis included in the nail changes category was found to be statistically significantly higher in the diabetic patient group than in the non-diabetic patient group (p=0.01). Premalignant and malign skin lesions were detected in 7 patients in the diabetic group and in 2 patients in the non-diabetic group. Conclusion: Skin lesions are common in CRF patients, and although the prevalence of skin lesions, it has been showed that in many studies, as in our study, that xerosis and pruritis are the most common in both predialysis and dialysis patients. A detailed dermatological examination may play an important role in the diagnosis of skin lesions earlier and this increased of quality of life in patients.

Keywords

Chronic renal failure , Hair , Hemodialysis , Nail , Skin

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