The QUEST initiative anemia study in transplant patients: Rationale and study protocol

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-546

  Van Biesen, Wim ^a   Locatelli, Francesco ^b   Martins Prata, Mateus ^c   Wauters, Jean Pierre ^d   Debska Ślizień, Alicja ^e   Mauri, Joan M ^f   Metsärinne, Kaj ^g   Mircescu, Gabriel ^h   Siamopoulos, Kostas C ⁱ   Stel, Vianda S ^j   Will, Eric ^k   Del Vecchio, Lucia ^l   Zoccali, Carmine ^m   Jager, Kitty J ^j  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^f HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^g TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^j ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^m BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic kidney disease; Erythropoiesis stimulating agents; Kidney transplant; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; IRON SACCHARATE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; ANTIANEMIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EUROPE; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149004175     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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