TY - JOUR T1 - Anemia in chronic kidney disease: Causes, diagnosis, treatment JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 289 LP - 297 VL - 73 IS - 3 AU - Saul Nurko Y1 - 2006/03/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/3/289.abstract N2 - Most patients with chronic kidney disease eventually become anemic. We should view the management of anemia in these patients as part of the overall management of the many clinically relevant manifestations of chronic kidney disease. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are safe and should be used, as treating anemia may forestall some of the target-organ damage of chronic kidney disease. ER -