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Assessment of Vascular Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Published on: June 16, 2014
Kidney Disease and Anemia in Elderly Patients
1Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, VA, USA; Nephrology Associates of Northern Virginia, 13135 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Suite 135, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA.
Abstract:
Anemia is a very common complicating feature of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the elderly. Noninvasive assessment of renal function in the elderly may include several equations although they may actually underestimate the true glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In summary, anemia in the setting of CKD in the elderly is generally underrecognized and undertreated, leading to associations of increased morbidity and mortality. The likelihood of benefits of treatment of anemia in this rapidly increasing subset of patients with CKD remains very high.
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