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Sequential Approach to the Uremic Patient with Pruritus 

Optimize dialysis adequacy 
Use biocompatible membranes for HD
Uremic Patient with Pruritus ... the Patient with Pruritus ... Uremic #Uremia #Pruritis ... #Management #Sequential
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Treatment of Uremic Pruritus ... Treatments of Uremic Pruritus ... d) #Uremic #Pruritus ... Algorithm #Treatment #management
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... Kidney Disease Pruritus ... • Hematologic pruritus ... Polycythemia vera) Management ... Uremic #Uremia #Management
Pruritis Associated with Jaundice
Initial - UDCA
1st line - Cholestyramine
2nd line - Rifampicin
3rd line - Naltrexone
4th line
Pruritis Associated ... BrighamChiefs #Pruritis ... Jaundice #treatment #management
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Diagnosis and Management ... - Prodrome: pruritic ... bullae, often pruritic ... erosions in ~20% Management ... Pemphigoid #Diagnosis #Management
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Schema for the Management ... of Pruritus in ... bile duct #Pruritus ... Cholangitis #PBC #Management
Pruritus Treatment Algorithm for Hemodialysis Patients 

Non-PharmacoIogicaI Measures 
 • Use gentle soap e.g. Dove
Pruritus Treatment ... tolerated) #Pruritus ... Uremic #Uremia #Management
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... Thrombosis, Hemorrhage, Pruritis ... shower ("aquagenic pruritis ... PV #Diagnosis #Management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Treatment
Stop offending agents:
 • List as allergies
antihistamine for pruritis ... Syndrome #Treatment #Management
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Management
A. Initiate therapy 
 - Initiate 1st line therapy with UDCA (13-15
Biliary Cirrhosis - Management ... Manage symptoms - Pruritus ... Non-pharmacological management ... non-pharmacological management ... Biliary #Cirrhosis #Management