终末期肾病患者运动神经兴奋性的改变

作     者：Krishnan A.V. Phoon R.K.S. Pussell B.A. M.C. Kiernan 袁海峰 

作者机构：Dr.Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute Barker Street Sydney NSW 2031 Australia 

出 版 物：《世界核心医学期刊文摘（神经病学分册）》 (Digest of the World Core Medical Journals:Clinical Neurology)

年 卷 期：2005年第1卷第12期

页      面：27-27页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：终末期肾病 神经兴奋性 尿毒症性神经病 甲状旁腺激素 去极化 下肢运动神经 胫骨前肌 趾短伸肌 超兴奋性 兴奋性指标 

摘      要：Although multiple toxins have been implicated in the development of uraemic neuropathy, no causative agent has been identified. In the present study, the excitability properties of lower limb motor nerves in patients with end-stage kidney disease treated with haemodialysis were measured before, during and after a standard 5 h haemodialysis session, in an attempt to explore the pathophysiology of uraemic neuropathy. Compound muscle action potentials were recorded from tibialis anterior and extensor digitorum brevis, following stimulation of the common peroneal nerve in 14 patients. Measures of excitability were assessed in relation to changes in serum levels of potential neurotoxins, including potassium, calcium, urea, uric acid, parathyroid hormone and β-2-microglobulin. Before dialysis, measures of nerve excitability were significantly abnormal in the patient group for axons innervating tibialis anterior and extensor digitorum brevis, consistent with axonal depolarization: refractoriness was increased and superexcitability and depolarizing threshold electrotonus were reduced. Pre-dialysis excitability abnormalities were strongly correlated with serum K+. Correlation was also noted between the severity of symptoms and excitability abnormalities. Haemodialysis normalized the majority of nerve excitability parameters. In conclusion, lower limb motor axons in uraemic patients are depolarized before dialysis. The correlation between serum K+and excitability measures indicates that hyperkalaemia is primarily responsible for uraemic depolarization, and a likely contributing factor to the development of neuropathy.