British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for the investigation and management of generalized pruritus in adults without an underlying dermatosis, 2018

Validation and Banding of the ItchyQuant: A Self-Report Itch Severity Scale

(2017) Caitlin G. Haydek et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Ruxolitinib for the treatment of inadequately controlled polycythaemia vera without splenomegaly (RESPONSE-2): a randomised, open-label, phase 3b study

(2017) Francesco Passamonti et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Clinical Characteristics of Pruritus in Neurofibromatosis 1

(2016) E Brenaut et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Delusional Infestation and Chronic Pruritus: A Review

(2016) L Kimsey   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Psychological Interventions in the Treatment of Chronic Itch

(2016) C Schut et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

‘Pre-endoscopy point of care test (Simtomax- IgA/IgG-Deamidated Gliadin Peptide) for coeliac disease in iron deficiency anaemia: diagnostic accuracy and a cost saving economic model’

(2016) Michelle Shui Yee Lau et al.   BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY

Comparison of high-flux hemodialysis with hemodialysis filtration in treatment of uraemic pruritus: a randomized controlled trial

(2016) Xia Jiang et al.   INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY

Generalized pruritus preceding paraneoplastic neuropathy

(2016) Benjamin Hébant et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Predictors of malignancy development in patients with chronic pruritus

(2016) Nicole Fett et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

GABAA Receptors in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Are Involved in Pain- and Itch-Related Responses

(2016) Long Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

A Comparison of Uremic Pruritus in Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis

(2016) Hon-Yen Wu et al.   MEDICINE

Prevalence, correlates and characteristics of chronic pruritus: a population-based cross-sectional study

(2016) U Matterne et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Gender Differences in Itch and Pain-related Sensations Provoked by Histamine, Cowhage and Capsaicin

(2015) E Hartmann et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

The safety and efficacy of nasobiliary drainage in the treatment of refractory cholestatic pruritus: a multicentre European study

(2015) V. S. Hegade et al.   ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Relations between the characteristics and psychological comorbidities of chronic pruritus differ between men and women: women are more anxious than men

(2015) A. Stumpf et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Clinical characteristics of postherpetic pruritus: assessment using a questionnaire, von Frey filaments and Neurometer

(2015) H.-J. Lee et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

The prevalence and characteristics of pruritus in patients with heart failure

(2015) O. Niklasson et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that initiate pain and itch

(2015) Jialie Luo et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Testicular cancer as an underlying cause of intractable chronic pruritus

(2015) R. Atkar et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Can Topiramate Induce Pruritus? A Case Report and Review of Literature

(2015) Maria Signorelli et al.   CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets

Risk of pruritus in cancer patients treated with biological therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials

(2015) Matteo Santoni et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY

Use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic pruritus

(2015) Basma Mourad Mohammad Ali et al.   Dermatologic Therapy

Idiopathic aquagenic pruritus: pathogenesis and effective treatment with atenolol

(2015) Taige Cao et al.   Dermatologic Therapy

Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pruritus: An Analysis Related to Disease Etiology, Clinical Skin Conditions and Itch Intensity

(2015) Benjamin Warlich et al.   DERMATOLOGY

Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Uremic Pruritus in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2015) Cui-na Yan et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Contagious itch: what we know and what we would like to know

(2015) C. Schut et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

How stress triggers itch: a preliminary study of the mechanism of stress-induced pruritus using fMRI

(2015) Hee Joo Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Effect of topical vitamin D on chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus: An open-label pilot study

(2015) Kyung Eun Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Methylnaltrexone to Palliate Pruritus in Terminal Hepatic Disease

(2015) Christopher M. Hohl et al.   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE

Azathioprine treatment of intractable pruritus: A retrospective review

(2015) Alexander Maley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Differences in patient and physician assessment of a dynamic patient reported outcome tool for chronic pruritus

(2015) F. Fritz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

Skin physiology in pruritus of advanced ageing

(2015) A.A. Yong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

Pruritus as a Paraneoplastic Symptom of Thymoma

(2015) Sukhmani K. Padda et al.   Journal of Thoracic Oncology

STAT3-dependent reactive astrogliosis in the spinal dorsal horn underlies chronic itch

(2015) Miho Shiratori-Hayashi et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Xerosis and pruritus as major EGFRI-associated adverse events

(2015) Julia M. K. Clabbers et al.   SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER

Generalized Pruritus as an Unusual Side Effect After Epidural Injection With Dexamethasone

(2015) Omar El Abd et al.   PM&R

Cumulative Use of Strong Anticholinergics and Incident Dementia

(2015) Shelly L. Gray et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Comparação dos efeitos profiláticos do droperidol e do ondansetron sobre o prurido provocado pela morfina subaracnoidea

(2015) Fabio Ferreira da Cunha Brião et al.   Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Treatment of Chronic Pruritus with the Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors Paroxetine and Fluvoxamine: Results of an Open-labelled, Two-arm Proof-of-concept Study

(2014) S Ständer et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Pruritus Assessment in Clinical Trials: Consensus Recommendations from the International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) Special Interest Group Scoring Itch in Clinical Trials

(2014) S Ständer et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

The EAACI/GA2LEN/EDF/WAO Guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria: the 2013 revision and update

(2014) T. Zuberbier et al.   ALLERGY

Cancer incidence among patients with a hospital diagnosis of pruritus: a nationwide Danish cohort study

(2014) S.A. Johannesdottir et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Advances in Pathogenesis and Management of Pruritus in Cholestasis

(2014) Andreas E. Kremer et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES

Comparison of pregabalin with ondansetron in treatment of uraemic pruritus in dialysis patients: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study

(2014) Ji Yue et al.   INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY

The effect of aromatherapy on haemodialysis patients' pruritus

(2014) Mehtap Cürcani et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Effects of turmeric on uremic pruritus in end stage renal disease patients: a double-blind randomized clinical trial

(2014) Maryam Pakfetrat et al.   JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY

Thalidomide Therapy for Pruritus in the Palliative Setting—A Distinct Subset of Patients in Whom the Benefit May Outweigh the Risk

(2014) Aoife C. Lowney et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Five-year malignancy incidence in patients with chronic pruritus: A population-based cohort study aimed at limiting unnecessary screening practices

(2014) Nicole Fett et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Fatigue and pruritus at onset identify a more aggressive subset of primary biliary cirrhosis

(2014) Chiara Quarneti et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Role of Conditioning and Verbal Suggestion in Placebo and Nocebo Effects on Itch

(2014) Danielle J. P. Bartels et al.   PLoS One

European Guideline on Chronic Pruritus

(2013) E Weisshaar et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Assessment of Pruritus Intensity: Prospective Study on Validity and Reliability of the Visual Analogue Scale, Numerical Rating Scale and Verbal Rating Scale in 471 Patients with Chronic Pruritus

(2013) N Phan et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Assessment and Prediction of Pruritus in Sickle Cell Disease Patients

(2013) Deborah Hanes et al.   Clinical Nurse Specialist

Neuropathic itch: diagnosis and management

(2013) Astrid Stumpf et al.   Dermatologic Therapy

Body Concept of Patients with Chronic Pruritus in Relation to Scratch Lesions and Psychic Symptoms

(2013) A. Stumpf et al.   DERMATOLOGY

Pruritus in the Older Patient

(2013) Timothy G. Berger et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Effect of baby oil on pruritus, sleep quality, and quality of life in hemodialysis patients: Pretest-post-test model with control groups

(2013) Ezgi Karadag et al.   Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Use of Sertraline for Antihistamine-Refractory Uremic Pruritus in Renal Palliative Care Patients

(2013) Kwok Ying Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Longitudinal Predictors of Uremic Pruritus

(2013) Shayan Shirazian et al.   JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION

Chronic Pruritus

(2013) Gil Yosipovitch et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Chronic pruritus associated with dermatologic disease in infancy and childhood: Update from an interdisciplinary group of dermatologists and pediatricians

(2013) Martin Metz et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Uremic Pruritus, Dialysis Adequacy, and Metabolic Profiles in Hemodialysis Patients: A Prospective 5-Year Cohort Study

(2013) Mei-Ju Ko et al.   PLoS One

Bullous Pemphigoid as Pruritus in the Elderly

(2013) Christiaan V. Bakker et al.   JAMA Dermatology

A temporal analysis of the central neural processing of itch

(2012) C.E. Kleyn et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Efficacy of topical cromolyn sodium 4% on pruritus in uremic nephrogenic patients: A randomized double-blind study in 60 patients

(2012) Amir Feily et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

Intravenous butorphanol administration reduces intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus after cesarean delivery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

(2012) Zhen Wu et al.   Journal of Anesthesia

Cholestasis-induced pruritus treated with ultraviolet B phototherapy: An observational case series study

(2012) Sofie Decock et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Aprepitant for management of severe pruritus related to biological cancer treatments: a pilot study

(2012) Daniele Santini et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Psychogenic Itch Responding to Topiramate

(2012) Rocco Salvatore Calabrò et al.   PSYCHOSOMATICS

Sericin cream reduces pruritus in hemodialysis patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental study

(2012) Pornanong Aramwit et al.   BMC Nephrology

Quality of Life in Patients with Uraemic Xerosis and Pruritus

(2011) P Dupuy et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Use of pure opioid antagonists for management of opioid-induced pruritus

(2011) Jamie L. Miller et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY

The Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life

(2011) Seema P. Kini   ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY

Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy for patients with refractory uraemic pruritus: a randomized controlled trial

(2011) M-J. Ko et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Recent developments in the specific dermatoses of pregnancy

(2011) M. P. Beard et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Assessment of the psychological burden associated with pruritus in hemodialysis patients using the kidney disease quality of life short form

(2011) Gildete Barreto Lopes et al.   QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Cancer and Itch

(2011) Herbert C. Chiang et al.   SEMINARS IN CUTANEOUS MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Cinacalcet Hydrochloride Therapy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Hemodialysis Patients

(2011) Eid M El-Shafey et al.   THERAPEUTIC APHERESIS AND DIALYSIS

Somatic and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Patients with Chronic Pruritus

(2010) J Wallengren et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Pathophysiology and therapy of pruritus in allergic and atopic diseases

(2010) J. Buddenkotte et al.   ALLERGY

Chronic Pruritus in the Absence of Specific Skin Disease

(2010) Nicoletta Cassano et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

(2010) M. C. Brouwers et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Clinical efficacy of acupuncture on the morphine-related side effects in patients undergoing spinal-epidural anesthesia and analgesia

(2010) Yi-hong Jiang et al.   Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Chronic pruritus: a paraneoplastic sign

(2010) Gil Yosipovitch   Dermatologic Therapy

Ethyl Chloride as an Antipruritic Agent: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Prospective Study

(2010) Amir Gal-Oz et al.   DERMATOLOGY

Prevalence of Chronic Pruritus in Germany: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample Working Population of 11,730

(2010) S. Ständer et al.   DERMATOLOGY

Chloroquine-induced Pruritus

(2010) SE Aghahowa et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Systematic review of topical capsaicin in the treatment of pruritus

(2010) Sylvia M. D. Gooding et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Pruritus of unknown origin and elevated total serum bile acid levels in patients without clinically apparent liver disease

(2010) Klaus Eisendle et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Acupuncture for Treating Uremic Pruritus in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Systematic Review

(2010) Kun Hyung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Antipruritic treatment with systemic μ-opioid receptor antagonists: A review

(2010) Ngoc Quan Phan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Treatment of generalized pruritus: comparison of narrowband ultraviolet-B with oral cetirizine

(2010) G. Gokdemir et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

Emollients improve treatment results with topical corticosteroids in childhood atopic dermatitis: a randomized comparative study

(2010) Jolanta Szczepanowska et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Narrow-band ultraviolet B as a potential alternative treatment for resistant psychogenic excoriation: an open-label study

(2010) Müge Güler Özden et al.   PHOTODERMATOLOGY PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE

Targeting the Neurokinin Receptor 1 with Aprepitant: A Novel Antipruritic Strategy

(2010) Sonja Ständer et al.   PLoS One

Aprepitant against pruritus in patients with solid tumours

(2010) Bruno Vincenzi et al.   SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER

Drug-induced Pruritus: A Review

(2009) A Reich et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Epidemiology of Itch: Adding to the Burden of Skin Morbidity

(2009) E Weisshaar et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Generalized Pruritus

(2009) Muhterem Polat et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

Serotonin Receptor Antagonists for the Prevention and Treatment of Pruritus, Nausea, and Vomiting in Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery with Intrathecal Morphine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2009) Ronald B. George et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Writing a British Association of Dermatologists clinical guideline: an update on the process and guidance for authors

(2009) H.K. Bell et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Truncal Pruritus of Unknown Origin May Be a Symptom of Diabetic Polyneuropathy

(2009) H. Yamaoka et al.   DIABETES CARE

Clinical study of cutaneous drug eruptions in 200 patients

(2009) MPatel Raksha et al.   Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology & Leprology

Acupuncture in dermatology: an historical perspective

(2009) Eunice K. Tan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Aquagenic pruritus responding to combined ultraviolet A/narrowband ultraviolet B therapy

(2009) Mark Jean Aan Koh et al.   PHOTODERMATOLOGY PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE

Gabapentin and Uremic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients

(2009) Effat Razeghi et al.   RENAL FAILURE

Preoperative Gabapentin Prevents Intrathecal Morphine-Induced Pruritus After Orthopedic Surgery

(2008) Michael J. Sheen et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Prophylactic mirtazapine reduces intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus † †Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 15, 2007.

(2008) M.J. Sheen et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Costs and cost-effectiveness of the nursing programme ‘Coping with itch’ for patients with chronic pruritic skin disease

(2008) H. van Os-Medendorp et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Generalized pruritus as presentation of T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemia

(2008) S. Mallo et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Neuropathic and psychogenic itch

(2008) Gil Yosipovitch et al.   Dermatologic Therapy

Skin findings in thyroid diseases

(2008) Şölen Artantaş et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

Idiopathic pruritus in psychiatric inpatients: an explorative study

(2008) Galina Evstati Kretzmer et al.   GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY

The tailored implementation of the nursing programme ‘Coping with itch’

(2008) Harmieke van Os-Medendorp et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Carbamazepine Can Be Effective in Alleviating Tormenting Pruritus in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

(2008) Chrysovalantis Korfitis et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Pregabalin in the treatment of chronic pruritus

(2008) Jan Ehrchen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

A pilot quality-of-life instrument for pruritus

(2008) Nisha S. Desai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Positivity of iron studies in pruritus of unknown origin

(2007) A Bharati et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY