Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 211-218 , February 2010

Undertreatment of Symptoms in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

  • René N. Claxton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Palliative Care & Ethics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: René N. Claxton, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, MUH G-100, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
    • ,
  • Leslie Blackhall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Steven D. Weisbord, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Jean L. Holley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

,Accepted 13 July 2009.

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 Presented in abstract form at the American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, November 2007, and presented at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, January 2008.

 The authors declare no competing financial interests.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00842-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.003

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 211-218 , February 2010

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