#20 Sleep disorders in CKD, with Mark Unruh

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Wise words from Joni Mitchell that you might find in her famous song Big Yellow Taxi. People who have never had problems sleeping have absolutely no idea how difficult life becomes when you can’t sleep properly or well enough. It’s literally a nightmare, only you're awake, and it seems like it lasts forever. Unfortunately, this nightmare is incredibly common in CKD patients, particularly in patients with end-stage kidney disease. It’s up to us to identify these patients, because if we don’t do it, it’s unlikely others will. We owe it to them because nowadays we have therapies that can work and help people sleep again. Let’s help people sleep again. Do you want to know how? Learn how to tackle sleep disorders in the podcast with Mark Unruh, a leading expert in sleep disorders in patients with CKD. Who knows, maybe this information will help your life at some point.