Studies of a variety of factors affecting uremic hypogeusia in maintenance-hemodialysis patients

In order to examine a variety of factors believed to be involved in the hypogeusia of hemodialysis patients, patients were classified on the basis of their original disease into a group with diabetes mellitus and a group with chronic nephritis, and subsequently subjected to examination using filter...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy 1990/10/28, Vol.23(10), pp.1179-1184
Hauptverfasser: Ishitani, Seizi, Nishide, Iwao, Yukawa, Susumu, Nomoto, Hiroshi
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Sprache:jpn
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Zusammenfassung:In order to examine a variety of factors believed to be involved in the hypogeusia of hemodialysis patients, patients were classified on the basis of their original disease into a group with diabetes mellitus and a group with chronic nephritis, and subsequently subjected to examination using filter discs. No correlation was observed between gustation threshold levels and age or hemodialysis history in the two patient groups. The diabetes mellitus group was generally found to have amblygeusia, but no definite tendency was identified. After dialysis treatment, the gustation sensitivity of the diabetes mellitus group improved only with regard to sweetness (p
ISSN:0911-5889
1884-6211
DOI:10.4009/jsdt1985.23.1179