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Prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese patients with end stage renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis.

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2002

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David S.C. Hui, Thomas S.T. Li, Fanny W.S. Ko, Dominic K.L. Choy, Cheuk‐Chun Szeto, Siu Fai Lui, Philip Kam‐Tao Li
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Abstract

Our questionnaire survey revealed a high prevalence of sleep complaints such as frequent awakenings, daytime sleepiness, insomnia and RLS in patients with ESRF on maintenance HD, but a relatively low prevalence of OSAS, which may be related to the low BMI of our ESRF patients.