Opportunities to improve the management of anemia in peritoneal dialysis patients: lessons from a national study in routine clinical practice.
Jose M PortolésMaria Luisa Serrano SalazarOlga González PeñaSandra Gallego DomínguezManel Vera RiveraJara Caro EspadaAlba Herreros GarcíaMaria Antonia Munar VilaMaria José Espigares HueteR Haridian Sosa BarriosVicente ParaísoLoreto Mariscal de GanteMaria Auxiliadora BajoAntonia Gueorguieva MijaylovaElena Pascual PajaresNuria Areste FosalbaLaura EspinelFernando Tornero MolinaSoledad Pizarro SánchezMayra Ortega DíazAleix CasesBorja QuirogaPublished in: Clinical kidney journal (2023)
Iron therapy continues to be underused (especially IV). Low albumin, iron deficiency and prior events explain most of the ESA hyporesponsiveness. Hb targets are titrated to/above the upper limits. Thus, several missed opportunities for adequate prescriptions and adherence to guidelines were identified.