Renal Anemia: Conflicts and Controversies [Hardcover]

Onyekachi Ifudu (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2002 | ISBN-10: 1402006780 | ISBN-13: 978-1402006784 | Edition: 1

Is the nephrology community facilitating excess cardiovascular deaths in patients with kidney failure and anemia by treating to a subnormal hematocrit? Why have clinicians and nephrologists permitted health insurance companies and the government to decide when anemia therapy should begin in persons with progressive kidney failure? Is iron the only variable that can be manipulated to maximize response to recombinant erythropoietin? Are we using too much intravenous iron in kidney failure patients, and is oral iron supplementation worthless in sustaining iron stores during long-term erythropoietin treatment? When does left ventricular hypertrophy begin to emerge in patients with progressive renal disease and is there convincing evidence that anemia is a significant cause of LVH in this setting? Is darbepoetin alfa, a new novel, long-acting erythropoietin, really superior to recombinant erythropoietin? This book is a compilation of proceedings from a conference in Brooklyn convened to address these and other controversial and unresolved issues in renal anemia management.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402006780
• ISBN-13: 978-1402006784
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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