Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-s2hrs Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T07:34:39.931Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Sensory Nerve Conduction in Chronic Uremic Patients During the First Six Months of Hemodialysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

M.L. D’Amour ,
L.R. Dufresne ,
C. Morin  and
D. Slaughter
M.L. D’Amour*
Affiliation:
Service de neurologie et de néphrologie, Department de Médecine, Hôpital Saint Luc, Université de Montréal
L.R. Dufresne
Affiliation:
Service de neurologie et de néphrologie, Department de Médecine, Hôpital Saint Luc, Université de Montréal
C. Morin
Affiliation:
Service de neurologie et de néphrologie, Department de Médecine, Hôpital Saint Luc, Université de Montréal
D. Slaughter
Affiliation:
Service de neurologie et de néphrologie, Department de Médecine, Hôpital Saint Luc, Université de Montréal
*
Hôpital Saint Luc, 1058 rue St-Denis, Montréal, P. Québec H2X 3J4
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract:

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

In an attempt to find the best electrophysiological indicator of improvement for the neuropathy present in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis, several types of nerve conduction were studied at the beginning of dialysis and six months later. Sural nerve conduction and late response latencies were recorded in addition to conventional motor and sensory nerve conductions. After six months of hemodialysis, sensory nerve conduction velocities in the median, ulnar and sural nerves were improved. These values appear to be the most sensitive indices of the beneficial effect of hemodialysis on the neuropathy.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 269 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

References

Ackil, AA.Shahani, BT., Young, RR., Rubin, NE. (1981) Late response and sural conduction studies. Usefulness in patients with chronic renal failure. Arch. Neurol. 38: 482–485.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bolton, CF.Kaibara, M. (1975) Electrophysiological signs of peripheral neuropathy during chronic hemodialysis. Abstracts of the Fifth International Congress on Electromyography. Rochester. Minn., Sept., 1975.Google Scholar
Bolton, CF. (1976) Electrophysiologic changes in uremic neuropathy after successful renal transplantation. Neurology 26: 152–161.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bolton, CF.Lindsay, RM., Linton, AL. (1977) Uremic neuropathy in patients on different hemodialysis schedules. Neurology 27: 396.Google Scholar
Buchthal, F. (1970) Electrophysiological abnormalities in metabolic myopathies and neuropathies. Acta Neurol. Scand. 46: Suppl. 43: 129–176.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Casey, EB.LeQuesne, PM. (1972) Electrophysiological evidence for a distal lesion in alcoholic neuropathy. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 35: 624–630.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dyck, PJ.Johnson, WJ.Lambert, EH., O’Brien, PC. (1971) Segmental demyelination secondary to axonal degeneration in uremic neuropathy. xsMayo Clin. Proc. 46: 400–431.Google ScholarPubMed
Dyck, PJ.Johnson, WJ., Lambert, EH., O’Brien, PC.Daube, JR., Oviatt, KF. (1979) Comparison of symptoms, chemistry, and nerve function to assess adequacy of hemodialysis. Neurology 20: 1361–1368.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lachman, T.Shahani, BT., Young, RR. (1975) Clinical uses of late responses in peripheral neuropathy, changes in the H reflex and F response. Abstracts of the Fifth International Congress on Electromyography. Rochester Minn., Sept., 1975.Google Scholar
Lefebvre-D’Amour, M., Shahani, BT., Young, RR.Bird, RT. (1979) The importance of studying sural nerve conduction and late responses in the evaluation of alcoholic subjects. Neurology 29: 1600–1604.Google Scholar
Lowitzsch, R.Göhring, U., Hecking, E., Köhler, H. (1981) Refractory period, sensory conduction velocity and visual evoked potentials before and after hemodialysis. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 44: 121–128.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nielsen, VK. (1971) The peripheral nerve function in chronic renal failure. I. Clinical symptoms and signs. Acta Med. Scand. 190: 105–111.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nielsen, VK. (1973) The peripheral nerve function in chronic renal failure. V. Sensory and motor conduction velocity. Acta Med. Scand. 194: 445–454.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nielsen, VK. (1974) The peripheral nerve function in chronic renal failure. VII. Longitudinal course during terminal renal failure and regular hemodialysis. Acta Med. Scand. 195: 155–162.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed