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Critical Care Fellow/Internal Medicine @stonybrookmed Nephrology @ISMMSKidney. Hockey, Nephrology, Critical Care, #MedEd
Mar 11, 2023 19 tweets 6 min read
(1/n) Pain management is far from easy, and having chronic kidney disease only complicates things. Let’s take a quick look at the effects pain has on the kidney population, and what we can do about it!

#tweetorial #NephTwitter #pallcare (2/n) Pain has a prevalence of 60% in the CKD population, 2-3x that of the general population!
It leads to:
⬆️ Depression and Insomnia
⬆️ Withdrawal From Dialysis
⬆️ Hospital Visits
⬇️ Health Related QOL
⬇️ Social Support
⬇️ Life Satisfaction