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Prevalence and associated factors of chronic kidney disease–associated pruritus in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Paper A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

This study pooled earlier studies to estimate how common itchy skin from kidney disease (CKD-associated pruritus) is among people on long-term hemodialysis, and what goes along with it. It measures how often the itch happens and what it is linked to. It does not test a treatment, and links found this way do not prove cause. The abstract was not available, so we could not check the numbers.

Who did this work

KaiFeng Lin (Xinjiang Medical University) · Li Li (Xinjiang Medical University) · Jinghui Gao (Xinjiang Medical University) · Yipei Zhang (Xinjiang Medical University) · Hong Tan (Xinjiang Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-15
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05379-x