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6851255

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the intellectual function of patients on regular dialysis treatment by using neuropsychological tests such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS). Studies were performed on 54 patients; 21 patients were retested after at least 12 months. We found no relationship between the neuropsychological scores and the blood levels of small molecules, the hemoglobin concentrations, the serum aluminium levels, and the levels of formal education. We found, however, an impairment of neuropsychological performance, mainly for memory function, related to the duration of dialysis and, possibly, to parathormone levels. We conclude that standard hemodialysis strategies are not able to prevent the development of intellectual impairment in uremic patients and that the WMS could be used as a sensitive objective measure of the comparative adequacy of various long-term dialysis treatments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0301-0430
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
188-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Cognitive function and regular dialysis treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article