Mortality of Haemodialysis Patients With and Without Chronic Itch: A Follow-up Study of the German Epidemiological Hemodialysis Itch Study (GEHIS)

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Grochulska (Author), Robert F. Ofenloch (Author), Thomas Mettang (Author), Elke Weisshaar (Author)
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• Udgivet: Medical Journals Sweden, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The GEHIS (German Epidemiological Hemodialysis Itch Study) is a representative cohort study started in 2013 with 860 haemodialysis (HD) patients in 25 German dialysis units. Chronic itch (CI) has been reported to be a poor prognostic marker for patients on HD; however, this has not been investigated...