Anemia and Renal Insufficiency Are Independent Risk Factors for Death among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Admitted to Community Hospitals

M. McClellan, William; Dana Flanders, W.; D. Langston, Robert; Jurkovitz, Claudine; Presley, Rodney

doi:10.1097/01.asn.0000018409.45834.fa

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Anemia and Renal Insufficiency Are Independent Risk Factors for Death among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Admitted to Community Hospitals

Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology • Jul 1, 2002

Authors:

William M. McClellan

W. Dana Flanders

Robert D. Langston

Abstract

The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to examine the associations among chronic kidney disease, anemia, and risk of death among patients with heart failure. Retrospective cohort study. Patients with a principal diagnosis of heart failure (ICD9 codes 402.01, 402.11, 402.91, 404.01, 404.1...

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Medicine

Hematocrit

Kidney disease

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