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- Title
Disturbed skin barrier in children with chronic kidney disease.
- Authors
Wojtowicz-Prus, Elzbieta; Kilis-Pstrusinska, Katarzyna; Reich, Adam; Zachwieja, Katarzyna; Miklaszewska, Monika; Szczepanska, Maria; Szepietowski, Jacek
- Abstract
Background: There are limited data on skin lesions in children with end-stage renal failure. The aim of the study was an evaluation of the skin barrier in children with different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The prevalence of xerosis, its severity, as well as its link selected demographic factors, were examined. Methods: The study included 103 children: 72 with CKD stages 3-5 (38 on conservative treatment and 34 on dialysis) and 31 patients with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis as a control group. Initially, the study subjects described the localisation and severity of dry skin by themselves. Next, clinical evaluation of xerosis, non-invasive corneometric assessment of epidermis moisturising and the measurement of transepidermal water loss were performed. Results: Most CKD children reported dry skin. The problem of xerosis was identified more frequently in patients on dialysis (67.6 %) than on conservative treatment (42.1 %) ( p = 0.01). CKD patients divided according to skin dryness did not differ with regards to age, sex, initial kidney disease and CKD duration. Conclusions: Disturbed skin barrier is an important concern of children with CKD, intensifying as the disease progresses. This symptom occurs on early stages of CKD and it should be taken into consideration in the CKD management.
- Subjects
POLAND; TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure; CHRONIC kidney failure complications; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; HEMODIALYSIS; MEDICAL cooperation; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SKIN; SKIN diseases; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 2, p333
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-014-2932-2