ReviewCureus2020
Dialysis Patients With Restless Leg Syndrome: Can We Relieve Their Suffering?
Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Spectrum of Motor Disorders in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathogenic Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations, and Therapeutic Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- The Relationship between Serum Selenium Levels and Restless Leg Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Alleviating symptoms in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis: a focus on chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus.Clinical kidney journal · 2023Review
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- Mindfulness-based intervention for benzodiazepine deprescription in hemodialysis patients with anxiety and depressive symptoms.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPNArticle
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Abstract
Restless leg syndrome (RLS), also called Willis Ekbom disease, can be described as an unpleasant feeling that intensely urges the patients to move their lower limbs. RLS is classified into primary and secondary. It is one of the common complications in hemodialysis patients, and it impairs patients' quality of life. Unfortunately, it is an underdiagnosed and undertreated disorder. In this review article, we performed a literature search using the PubMed database to compare different treatment modalities for RLS in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on regular hemodialysis. Many of the non-pharmacologic modalities of treatment are cost-effective and safer than pharmacologic therapy. Given the small sample size of the studies and short follow up duration, we should consider conducting studies on a larger number of patients and for longer periods of time to assess the efficacy and safety of different treatment patterns for RLS in hemodialysis patients. We hope to raise awareness about this neurologic condition in hemodialysis patients.
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