Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia

B. Drüeke, Tilman; Locatelli, Francesco; Clyne, Naomi; Eckardt, Kai‐Uwe; C. Macdougall, Iain; Tsakiris, Dimitrios; Burger, Hans-Ulrich; Scherhag, Armin

doi:10.1056/nejmoa062276

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Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 15, 2006

Authors:

Tilman B. Drüeke

Francesco Locatelli

Naomi Clyne

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Whether correction of anemia in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease improves cardiovascular outcomes is not established. METHODS: We randomly assigned 603 patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 15.0 to 35.0 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 of body-surface a...

Subject

Medicine

Kidney disease

Hemoglobin

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