Anaemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease: Taiwan practice guidelines

Autor: Ko Lin Kuo, Der Cherng Tarng, Tung Po Huang, Chih Cheng Hsu, Mai Szu Wu, Szu Chun Hung
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Nephrology. 19:735-739
ISSN: 1320-5358
Popis: The introduction of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) markedly improved the lives of many anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In Taiwan, the strategy of management of anaemia in patients with CKD was different from many other parts of the world. In 1996, the National Health Insurance Administration of Taiwan applied a more restrictive reimbursement criteria for ESA use in patients with CKD. ESA is to be initiated when non-dialysis CKD patients have a serum creatinine >6 mg/dL and a hematocrit
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