Anita van Zwieten, Germaine Wong, Marinella Ruospo, Suetonia C Palmer, Maria Rosaria Barulli, Annalisa Iurillo, Valeria Saglimbene, Patrizia Natale, Letizia Gargano, Marco Murgo, Clement T Loy, Rosanna Tortelli, Jonathan C Craig, David W Johnson, Marcello Tonelli, Jörgen Hegbrant, Charlotta Wollheim, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giovanni F M Strippoli
BACKGROUND: Mounting evidence indicates an increased risk of cognitive impairment in adults with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, but the extent and pattern of deficits across the spectrum of cognitive domains are uncertain. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 676 adult hemodialysis patients from 20 centers in Italy, aiming to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of cognitive impairment across five domains of learning and memory, complex attention, executive function, language and perceptual-motor function...
July 1, 2018: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation