Step-Wise Management of Anemia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care: Qualitative Study.
Gayathri DelanerolleAnna ForbesJeremy van VlymenHugh GallagherNicholas ColeSimon HassanMohammad TahirClare BankheadTom ChanPauline A SwiftRebecca SucklingIain C MacdougallMark JoySimon de LusignanPublished in: Journal of primary care & community health (2023)
The first steps of the intervention were welcomed by practitioners, but they expressed concerns about independently prescribing ESAs. Renal physicians and GPs could develop shared care protocols for ESA use in primary care. There is scope to improve awareness of renal anemia, and enhance knowledge of guideline recommendations; and our intervention should be modified accordingly.