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2016 ; 95
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Edema, Hyperpigmentation, Induration: 3 Skin Signs Heralding Danger in Patients
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Becker S
; Walter S
; Witzke O
; Körber A
; Bienholz A
; Kottmann T
; Kribben A
; Kaiser G
; Mitchell A
Medicine (Baltimore)
2016[Mar]; 95
(12
): e3121
PMID27015187
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Skin changes are common in patients on dialysis. This study focused on putative
associations of specific skin findings with comorbidities and mortality.We
performed a retrospective analysis of data from 508 patients on maintenance
hemodialysis therapy in 7 centers in the German State of North Rhine Westphalia.
Data had been collected by interview, from patient files, and from targeted
physical examination in an earlier prospective study screening hemodialysis
patients for the presence of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. While on dialysis,
patients' extremities had been examined for any of the following: edematous skin
at the lower extremities, hyperpigmentation, induration, and xerosis cutis. Our
present data analyses focused on associated mortality and comorbidities.Five
hundred eight patients (median age 71 years, range 20.0-95.9; n?=?292 men) had
agreed to participate in the initial study: 48% (n?=?243) were diabetics and 46%
(n?=?232) had been diagnosed with coronary heart disease. On examination, 86% of
patients (n?=?439) presented with at least 1 of the prespecified skin changes.
Skin edema (n?=?89; 18%), hyperpigmentation (n?=?74; 15%), and induration (n?=?9;
2%) were independently associated with increased mortality over 24 months
(P?0.002, P?0.030, and P?0.020, respectively).In our study, prespecified
skin changes indicated an increased mortality risk in patients on chronic
hemodialysis. Routinely assessing the skin of dialysis patients represents a
simple, reliable, and cost effective means of identifying those at greatest risk.