Restless legs syndrome in chronic renal failure patients on dialysis

Conclusion: RLS symptoms occurred in 30.0% of the entire cohort, although only 6.0% met the international criteria. The typeof dialysis had no impact on the incidence of symptoms. Identifying RLS in patients with CRF on dialysis will allow for earlyintervention.Keywords: Restless legs syndrome; chronic renal failure; haemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; symptoms.

Source: African Health Sciences - October 11, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Carin Behrens van Tonder, Gina Joubert, Anand Moodley Source Type: research