Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29959463›Full record

ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2018

[Pruritus in elderly people-an interdisciplinary challenge].

E Weisshaar, T Mettang

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Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Skin health of community-living older people: a scoping review.Archives of dermatological research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E WeisshaarAbt. Klinische Sozialmedizin, Schwerpunkt: Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115, Heidelberg, Deutschland. elke.weisshaar@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
T MettangFachbereich Nephrologie, DKD Helios Klinik, Wiesbaden, Deutschland.
Heidelberg University · DEHelios Kliniken · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to demographic change, especially in Western countries with increasing life expectancy and a continuously increasing number of elderly, chronic pruritus (CP) is more and more observed in clinical practice. CP in elderly may present with specific pruritic skin diseases, as chronic prurigo (nodular form) and can also occur in unaffected, normal looking skin. CP in elderly remains a challenge. Especially CP without any skin lesions is a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Due to the increasing prevalence of malignant diseases in elderlies, paraneoplastic pruritus is also an important differential diagnosis. Treatment depends on the mobility of the patient which determines if and which topical agents can be used and if ultraviolet phototherapy can be administered. There are a number of topical and systemic medications, which must be selected according to existing comorbidities, possible drug interactions, and the patient's compliance as well as possible side effects such as cognition and sedation. All this may hamper treatment of CP in elderly.

Indexed as

PrurigoPruritusUltraviolet TherapyAgedHumansNeoplasmsSkinDrug interactionsItchParaneoplastic itchPrurigoScratching

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PMID29959463
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