Anemia and chronic kidney disease: what's the connection?
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CASE } Mary J, a 65-year-old woman with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), is in your offi ce for a follow-up appointment. Over the past 6 months, she has noticed a decrease in her energy level. On her routine blood work, you see that her hemoglobin has been slowly declining over the past year. It is now 9 g/dL and her estimated glomerular fi ltration rate (GFR) is 40 mL/min. How would you evaluate Mary’s anemia, and would you suspect that it was related to her CKD?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of family practice
دوره 59 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010