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Chhabra R, Davenport A. Is increased subjective thirst associated with greater interdialytic weight gains, extracellular fluid and dietary sodium intake? Artif Organs 2024; 48:91-97. [PMID: 37902178 DOI: 10.1111/aor.14657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Some previous studies have reported an effect of increasing subjective thirst and interdialytic weight gains (IDWG), and that this may be influenced by nonadherence to dietary sodium restrictions, whereas others reported no such association. As such we wished to review the effect of self-reported thirst on IDWGs and dietary sodium intake. METHODS Dialysis patients were asked to complete visual analogues thirst, distress thermometer (DT) scores and complete a sodium food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ). IDWG and pre and post dialysis volumes were measured with multifrequency bioelectrical impedance. RESULTS One hundred and eleven patients completed the questionnaires and had bioimpedance measurements: 63% male, mean age 63.8 ± 16.1 years, 33% diabetic with a median thirst score 3 (0-5) and SFFQ 52.0 ± 18, and IDWG 2.1 ± 1.3%. Thirst was associated with DT (r = 0.28, p = 0.004) and negatively with age (r = -0.31, p < 0.001), but not SFFQ, IDWG, extracellular water, or dialysate sodium, or dialysate to plasma gradient. Patients with higher thirst scores were younger (58.0 ± 15.2 vs. 69.4 ± 15.0 years, p < 0.001) with higher DT scores (5 [2-7] vs. 2 [0-5], p < 0.001). On multivariate logistic analysis, only age was associated with self-reported thirst (odds ratio 0.95, 95% confidence limits 0.92-0.98, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION We found that subjective thirst was greater for younger patients and those who reported higher levels of distress, but no association with IDWGs, dietary sodium intake, or dialysate sodium. However, most of our patients followed the dietary advice, as evidenced by the low SFFQ scores and % IDWGs. Whether thirst increases distress or distress increases subjective thirst remains to be determined.
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- Roohi Chhabra
- UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK
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Bossola M, Calvani R, Marzetti E, Picca A, Antocicco E. Thirst in patients on chronic hemodialysis: What do we know so far? Int Urol Nephrol 2020; 52:697-711. [PMID: 32100204 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-020-02401-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Thirst has been defined as "the sensation that leads animal's and human's actions toward the goal of finding and drinking water" or as "any drive that can motivate water intake, regardless of cause". Thirst, together with xerostomia, is the main cause of poor adherence to fluid restriction and of excessive intake of fluids in patients on chronic hemodialysis, and consequently of high interdialytic weight gain. Interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) should be lower than 4.0-4.5% of dry weight. Unfortunately, many patients have an IDWG greater than this value and some have IDWG of 10-20%. High IDWG is associated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death and increased morbidity, such as ventricular hypertrophy and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events. In addition, high IDWG leads to supplementary weekly dialysis sessions with consequent deterioration of quality of life and increased costs. Thus, the knowledge of thirst in patients on chronic hemodialysis is essential to prompt its adequate management to limit IDWG in the routine clinical practice. The present review aims to describe the physiology of thirst in patients on chronic hemodialysis, as well as the prevalence, its measures, the associated variables, the consequences, and the strategies for its reduction.
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- Maurizio Bossola
- Servizio Emodialisi, Dipartimento Di Nefrologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
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- Divisione Di Geriatria, Neuroscienza E Ortopedia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Divisione Di Geriatria, Neuroscienza E Ortopedia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Divisione Di Geriatria, Neuroscienza E Ortopedia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Divisione Di Geriatria, Neuroscienza E Ortopedia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Maurizio Bossola
- Servizio Emodialisi Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma Italia
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS Roma Italia
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Bossola M, Pepe G, Vulpio C. The Frustrating Attempt to Limit the Interdialytic Weight Gain in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: New Insights Into an Old Problem. J Ren Nutr 2018; 28:293-301. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2018.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Yang G, Lin S, Wu Y, Zhang S, Wu X, Liu X, Zou C, Lin Q. Auricular Acupressure Helps Alleviate Xerostomia in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Study. J Altern Complement Med 2017; 23:278-284. [PMID: 28191857 DOI: 10.1089/acm.2016.0283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Guowen Yang
- The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Arai S, Stotts N, Puntillo K. Thirst in critically ill patients: from physiology to sensation. Am J Crit Care 2013; 22:328-35. [PMID: 23817822 DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Critically ill patients often report distressful episodes of severe thirst, but the complex biochemical, neurohormonal mechanisms that regulate this primal sensation still elude clinicians. The most potent stimuli for thirst are subtle increases in plasma osmolality. These minute changes in osmolality stimulate central osmoreceptors to release vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone). Vasopressin in turn acts on the kidneys to promote the reabsorption of water to correct the increased osmolality. If this compensatory mechanism fails to decrease osmolality, then thirst is triggered to motivate drinking. In contrast, thirst induced by marked volume loss, or hypovolemic thirst, is subject to the tight osmoregulation of the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system and accompanying adrenergic agonists. Understanding the essential role that thirst plays in salt and water regulation can provide clinicians with a better appreciation for the complex physiology that underlies this intense sensation.
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- Shoshana Arai
- Shoshana Arai is an assistant adjunct professor in physiological nursing, Nancy Stotts and Kathleen Puntillo are professors at University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California
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- Shoshana Arai is an assistant adjunct professor in physiological nursing, Nancy Stotts and Kathleen Puntillo are professors at University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California
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- Shoshana Arai is an assistant adjunct professor in physiological nursing, Nancy Stotts and Kathleen Puntillo are professors at University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California
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Zwiech R, Bruzda-Zwiech A. The dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in hemodialysis patients requires decreased dialysate sodium concentration. Int Urol Nephrol 2012; 45:1365-72. [PMID: 23136031 PMCID: PMC3825035 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0320-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Purpose The study evaluated whether the dual blockade of the renin–angiotensin system may influence the sodium balance in hemodialysis. Methods The study involved 148 hemodialysis patients (male 85, female 63), mean age 59.6 ± 12.9 years. Participants were randomly selected to receive either angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)—subgroup A—or dual blockade ACEI and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)—subgroup AA. Results At baseline, in the A versus AA subgroups, the pre-dialysis sodium concentrations (mmol/l) were 137.7 ± 0.5 versus 137.9 ± 0.8, the sodium gradients 2.6 ± 0.5 versus 2.9 ± 0.4, interdialytic weight gain (IWG) (kg) 3.1 ± 0.2 versus 3.0 ± 0.3, and thirst inventory score (points) 18.1 ± 1.0 versus 19.0 ± 1.7, respectively. After 3 months of therapy, a decrease in sodium concentration to 134.5 ± 0.5 and the increase of its gradient to 5.5 ± 0.5 were noted in the AA subgroup. An elevation of mean interdialytic weight gain to 3.47 ± 0.2 and thirst score to 21.3 ± 2.1 was observed. No significant changes in subgroup A were found. One month of the dialysate sodium concentration being lowered from 140 mmol/l to 138 mmol/l was associated with reduced serum sodium concentration and gradient, decreased IWG and restored moderate thirst score in the AA subgroup (137.5 ± 0.6 and 2.9 ± 0.6, 3.0 ± 0.5 and 19.2 ± 1.3, respectively). Conclusions The dual blockade of the renin–angiotensin system affects sodium balance, increasing the sodium gradient, thus elevating thirst sensation and enhancing interdialytic weight gain. In maintenance hemodialysis patients treated with both ACEI and ARB, lowered dialysate sodium levels should be prescribed.
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- Rafał Zwiech
- Department of Kidney Transplantation, Dialysis Department, Norbert Barlicki Memorial Teaching Hospital No. 1, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 22, 90-153, Lodz, Poland,
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Schulz EG, Bahri S, Schettler V, Popov AF, Hermann M. Pharmacokinetics and Antihypertensive Effects of Candesartan Cilexetil in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis. Clin Drug Investig 2009; 29:713-9. [DOI: 10.2165/11319410-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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LIN JJ, MITSNEFES MM, SMOYER WE, VALENTINI RP. Antihypertensive prescription in pediatric dialysis: A practitioner survey by the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Hemodial Int 2009; 13:307-15. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2009.00392.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Suzuki H. Therapeutic efficacy of renin—angiotensin blockade in patients receiving dialysis. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2009; 3:397-405. [DOI: 10.1177/1753944709338339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Observational data in dialysis patients has indicated an increased cardiovascular mortality. One pathophysiological cause of this cardiovascular mortality in these patients is volume overload. In addition, an inappropriately activated renin—angiotensin system (RAS) has been proposed as another possible mechanism for the increased cardiovascular mortality. With these possible causes in mind, blockade of the RAS with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) have both emerged as means of preventing cardiovascular events in this population. This review focuses on clinical evidence of the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in dialysis patients with regard to the improvement of cardiovascular events as well as blood pressure control and maintenance of dialysis therapy.
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- Hiromichi Suzuki
- Correspondence to: Hiromichi Suzuki, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan,
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Stöllberger C, Finsterer J. Did thirst-blockers like angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, sartans, serotonine-re-uptake-inhibitors, dopamine agonists/antagonists, or atypical neuroleptics contribute to the exorbitant number of fatalities during the French 2003 heat wave? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2007; 16:1252-3. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.1456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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