Treatment of kidney disease and anemia in elderly, long-term care residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Tangalos, Eric G ^a   Hoggard, Jeffrey G ^a   Murray, Anne M ^a   Thomas, David R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COBALAMIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERRITIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ELDERLY CARE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION SITE; INJECTION SITE PAIN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4243105124     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70140-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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