Transfusion burden in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients with persistent anemia treated in routine clinical practice: A retrospective observational study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fox, Kathleen M ^a   Yee, Jerry ^b   Cong, Ze ^c   Brooks, John M ^d   Petersen, Jeffrey ^c   Lamerato, Lois ^b   Gandra, Shravanthi R ^c  

^a Strategic Healthcare Solutions LLC   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONDIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856070924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-5     Document Type: Article

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