Pharmacist-managed anemia program in an outpatient hemodialysis population

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1051-1056

  Walton, Ted ^a   Holloway, Katherine P ^b   Knauss, Michael D ^a  

^a GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Epoetin alpha; Hemodialysis; Iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 29944436521     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001857870504001206     Document Type: Article

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