Abstract
Objective: To estimate frequency of Symptomatology in patients of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis.
Study design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Place and duration of study: This study was conducted in the department of nephrology, combined military hospital (CMH) Lahore from March to July 2010.
Patients and Methods: This was an observational cross- sectional study carried out over a period of five months to investigate the symptom frequency of patients undergoing hemodialysis. Forty two patients (27 males, 15 females) at end stage renal disease on hemodialysis were selected conveniently from Nephrology department CMH Lahore. Patients were surveyed by using a specific history Performa. Written informed consent was obtained from study participants.
Results: Total number of patients were 42 with age ranging between (20 to75 years)–male (27) (64.3%) and female (15) (35.7%). The frequency of most common symptoms was fatigue (81%), anorexia (59.5%), vomiting (54.8%), bone/body pain (52.4%), {nausea, sleep disturbance, pruritis and flank pain (42.9%)}, cramps (40.5%), oliguria (33.3%), dysuria and anuria (21.4%), haematuria (14.3%).

Key words: Key Words: Hemodialysis (HD), End stage renal disease (ESRD), Quality of life (QOL), Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI), Urea Reduction Rate (URR)