Quality of care and practice patterns in anaemia management at specialist kidney clinics in Ireland: a national study.

Journal: Clinical kidney journal
Published Date: Jul 13, 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although anaemia is a common complication of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), knowledge of quality of care and management practices in specialist clinics varies. We examined anaemia practices at specialist nephrology clinics within the Irish health system and evaluated the opinions of practicing nephrologists.

Authors

  • Austin G Stack
    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Ahmed Alghali
    Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Xia Li
    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
  • John P Ferguson
    HRB Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
  • Liam F Casserly
    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Cornelius J Cronin
    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Donal N Reddan
    Department of Nephrology, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
  • Wael Hussein
    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Mohamed E Elsayed
    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

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