Open AccessAssessment of cognitive impairment and its correlation with vitamin D levels patients on maintenance hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Babby Arvind Reddy,
Manjusha Yadla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.284018
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , neurocognitive , cognitive impairment , cognition , vitamin d and neurology , kidney disease , disease , vitamin , psychiatry
Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in patients with chronic kidney disease, and its prevalence increases in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Different factors were identified to be the cause of cognitive dysfunction, of which Vitamin D, which is known to have pleiotropic effects, has been implicated for the neurocognitive decline of functions. We assessed the prevalence of cognitive dysfunction in patients on HD in our center and also studied the deficiency of Vitamin D on CI.