the prevalence of anemia in elderly with systolic heart failure hospitalized in alborz hospital of karaj 2008 asgharzadeh haghighi s , zeighami mohammadi sh received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 2march, 2010 abstract background & aims: anemia is prevalent co morbidity in heart failure that is an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure. the ai...

A nemia is a common complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recombinant erythropoietin (epoetin) has been the most important advance in treating this anemia. Erythropoietin was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1989. Although the initial goal of treating CKD anemia with epoetin was to prevent blood transfusions, evidence from prospective studies also demo...

Anemia is a common condition among community-dwelling older adults. The present study investigates the effect of type of anemia on subsequent mortality. We analyzed data from participants of the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey who were aged ≥50 and had valid hemoglobin levels determined by laboratory measurement. Anemia was defined by World Health Organization criteria. 7,171 subject...

aluminum is present in very small amounts in living organisms but abundant in the environment. a growing literature links with the biochemistry of aluminum and also with a series of diseases in chronic renal failure patients on treatment with hemodialysis. the initial description of potential aluminum toxicity in renal failure patients relates to description of dialysis encephalopathy syndrome ...