Maqbool Ahmad Khan.
Frequency of symptomatology in patients on hemodialysis: a single center experience.
Rawal Med J Jan ;37(1):24-6.

Objective: To estimate frequency of symptomatology in patients of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the department of nephrology, Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore from March to July 2010. Forty two patients (27 males, 15 females) of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis were selected with convenient sampling. Patients were surveyed by using a specific history performa. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. Results: Out of 42 patients, 27 (64.3%) were male and 15 (35.7%) female. The age ranged between 20 to 75 years The frequency of symptoms was: fatigue (81%), anorexia (59.5%), vomiting (54.8%), bone/body pain (52.4%), nausea, sleep disturbance, pruritis and flank pain (42.9%), cramps (40.5%), oliguria (33.3%), dysuria and anuria (21.4%) and hematuria (14.3%). Conclusion: Fatigue was the commonest complaint; 80% in females and 81% in male patients. Other symptoms were anorexia, body aches and nausea. (Rawal Med J 2012;37:24-26).

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