Neuropsychiatric symptomatology with chronic renal insufficiency in the stage of compensated and decompensated retention

✍ Scribed by B. Neundörfer; C. Kayser-Gatchalian; W. Huber; W. Werner

• Book ID: 104717649
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 835 KB
• Volume: 211
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00313236

✦ Synopsis

80 strictly selected patients with chronic renal insufficiency with plasma creatinine values of 1.4-14.5 mg% were examined for clinical and electrophysiological signs of nephrogenic polyneuropathy. The motor symptoms complained of were cramps in 43.8% of the patients, "restless leggs" in 18.7%, muscular twitchings in 12.5%. It was emphasized that the first two symptoms do not always indicate the presence of polyneuropathy. 30% complained of paresthesias, 5% of "burning feet". The most frequent clinical finding was the impairment of vibration sense in the feet in 37.5% followed by diminshed appreciation of passive movement of the toes in 30%, weakening or absence of the ankle jerk in 23.8% and finally, weakening of the patellar reflex in 5%...