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Abstract
End stage renal disease (ESRD) has long been associated with sleep complains especially patients undergoing dialysis.
Dialysis patients frequently complain of insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea. Uremia is considered as a major factor for developing sleep disorders in chronic renal failure patients.
The aim of this work was to study the types of sleep disorders found in uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis and to try to find correlations with the level of uremic toxins.
The study included forty subjects. Thirty patients with chronic renal failure and ten normal subjects as a control group.
Patients were classified into three groups. Group I, those with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis without sleep complaint, Group II, those with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis with sleep complaint, Group III, those with chronic renal failure and not on hemodialysis yet.