Abstract

Pain has been reported to be a common problem in the general population and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Although similar data for pre-ESRD patients are lacking, we recently reported that the prevalence of pain is also very high (>70%) among pre-ESRD patients at a Los Angeles County tertiary referral centre. The high prevalence of pain in the CKD population is particularly concerning because pain has been shown to be associated with poor quality of life. Of greater concern, poor quality of life, at least in dialysis patients, has been shown to be associated with poor survival. We herein discuss the pathophysiology of common pain conditions, review a commonly accepted approach to the management of pain in the general population, and discuss analgesic-induced renal complications and therapeutic issues specific for patients with reduced renal function.

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Title
Pain management in patients with chronic kidney disease
Author
Pham, Phuong-Chi T 1 ; Toscano, Edgar 1 ; Pham, Phuong-Mai T 2 ; Pham, Phuong-Anh T 3 ; Pham, Son V 4 ; Pham, Phuong-Thu T 5 

 Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar 
 Department of Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles 
 Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento 
 Cardiology Division, Good Samaritan Hospital/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 
 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Los Angeles, CA, USA 
Pages
111-118
Publication year
2009
Publication date
Apr 2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
17530784
e-ISSN
17530792
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170093001
Copyright
© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected]. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.