Initiation of anaemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis in the Veterans Health Administration

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2237-2244

  Lawler, Elizabeth V ^a,b,c   Gagnon, David R ^a,b   Fink, Jeffrey ^d,e   Seliger, Stephen ^d,e   Fonda, Jennifer ^a,b   Do, Thy P ^f   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b,c   Bradbury, Brian D ^f  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

anaemia; chronic kidney disease; dialysis; ESA agents; iron therapy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; ANTIANEMIC AGENT;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; GOVERNMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77954345799     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp758     Document Type: Article

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