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Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an evolutive disease. In its early stages the disease often goes asymptomatic and unrecognized. For CKD patients, disease awareness is usually late, with the occurrence of the first symptoms. In more advanced stages, CKD implies massive consequences on patient's life. Extrarenal substitution methods (such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or transplantation) are presented to the patient, who is facing a very difficult choice, inducing major changes in his lifestyle., Description: In this article, we share the adaptation process of a therapeutic education program in nephrology, presenting its specificity and the encountered difficulties. We propose to develop an educative program adapted to patient's needs, which differs according to CKD stage., Conclusion: Therapeutic patient education (TPE) has become a need in the care of CKD patients, even at early stages of the disease. TPE allows to prepare the patients, favoring autonomy and shared decision making about his disease, in collaboration with healthcare workers and patient's relatives., (Copyright © 2019 Société francophone de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Sleep disorders are common in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), especially in those receiving hemodialysis. Sleep-related complaints in this patient population may include insomnia, daytime sleepiness or fatigue and depression. In addition to causing impairment of daytime function and quality of life, sleep apnea may also increase the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially in dialysis patients. In CRF patients, an increased prevalence of sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement during sleep has been reported. Epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of sleep disorders in CRF and dialysis patients are still unclear and require further research., (Copyright © 2011 Association Société de néphrologie. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.)