Clinical transplantation
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Clinical transplantation · Mar 2011
Multicenter StudySimilar prevalence but different characteristics of pain in kidney transplant recipients and chronic hemodialysis patients.
Chronic pain is frequent in both hemodialysis (HD) patients and kidney transplant (KTx) recipients but its detailed characteristics have never been thoroughly investigated. ⋯ A successful kidney transplantation does not lead to a significant reduction in the prevalence of pain when compared to chronic HD patients. Pain relief medications are underused in KTx patients.