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- Title
OPTA: Optimal treatment of anaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
- Authors
Hörl, W. H.; Vanrenterghem, Y.; Aljama, P.; Brunet, P.; Brunkhorst, R.; Gesualdo, L.; Macdougall, I.; Wanner, C.; Wikström, B.
- Abstract
The article discusses the importance of optimal treatment of anaemia (OPTA) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. It mentions the association of anaemia in patients with CKD with complications in the cardiovascular system, and with higher rate of mortality and hospitalizations. It states that diabetic persons exhibit higher anaemic incidence in CKD's early stages.
- Subjects
ANEMIA treatment; CHRONIC kidney failure; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; PEOPLE with diabetes; HOSPITAL care; DISEASE progression; PATIENTS
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2007, Vol 22, Issue suppl_3, piii20
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfm017