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. 2012 Aug;2(4):292-298.
doi: 10.1038/kisup.2012.34.

Chapter 2: Use of iron to treat anemia in CKD

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Chapter 2: Use of iron to treat anemia in CKD

No authors listed. Kidney Int Suppl (2011). 2012 Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, examining the utility of iron status tests to distinguish iron deficient from nondeficient study patients. Reprinted with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Kidney International. Van Wyck DB, Roppolo M, Martinez CO et al. A randomized, controlled trial comparing IV iron sucrose to oral iron in anemic patients with nondialysis-dependent CKD. Kidney Int 2005; 68: 2846–2856; accessed http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v68/n6/full/4495631a.html.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Sensitivity and specificity of TSAT and serum ferritin (ferritin) and their combination (TSAT + ferritin) and bone marrow iron (BM iron) to identify correctly a positive erythropoietic response (≥1-g/dl [≥10-g/l] increase in Hb [ΔHb]) to intravenous iron in 100 nondialysis patients with CKD (areas under the ROCs). Reproduced with permission from American Society of Nephrology from Stancu S, Barsan L, Stanciu A et al. Can the response to iron therapy be predicted in anemic nondialysis patients with chronic kidney disease? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 5: 409–416; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center; accessed http: http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/5/3/409.long
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