Management of Anemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

Description

This concise and practical resource brings together recent advances in identifying and managing anemia of chronic disease (inflammation), genetically related anemia and anemia related to chronic end organ damage. Chapters provide a detailed analysis of the current science of anemia, approaches to different patient populations, comorbid conditions and nutritional aspects of anemia. Novel therapies focused on physiological pathways are introduced and discussed. Controversies from the perspective of subspecialists focused in treating major causes of anemia within their specific disciplines are also presented. Easy-to-reference and authored by experts in each clinical scenario, Management of Anemia is the launching point for learning more about this challenging and common condition. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Disease State: Kidney Disease (Lynda Szczech)....Pages 1-10 Iron-Deficiency Anemia (Anatole Besarab, Stefan Hemmerich)....Pages 11-29 Nutritional Anemia in Adults and in Elderly Patients (Emmanuel Andrès)....Pages 31-42 Anemia of Chronic Disease (Anatole Besarab, Stefan Hemmerich)....Pages 43-80 Current and Novel Drugs for Management of Anemia (Jagannath H. Saikumar, Csaba P. Kovesdy)....Pages 81-112 Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease (Mina El-Kateb, Robert Provenzano)....Pages 113-127 Anemia in Liver Disease (Yuval A. Patel, Matthew R. Kappus, Andrew J. Muir)....Pages 129-142 Anemia in the Patient with Chronic Lung Disease (Tim J. McMahon, Ann C. Prybylowski)....Pages 143-155 Anemia in Malignancy (Daniel Lebovic)....Pages 157-171 The Complex Relationships Between Iron Regulation, Obesity, and Anemia (Stephen Z. Fadem)....Pages 173-183 Post-Transplant Anemia (Venkat Ramanathan, Sreedhar Mandayam)....Pages 185-198 Special Populations with Anemia: Anemia in the Pediatric Patient (Ram Kalpatthi, Meredith A. Atkinson, Bradley A. Warady)....Pages 199-218 Management of Sickle Cell Anemia (Jason Mouabbi, Zyad Kafri)....Pages 219-236 Back Matter ....Pages 237-243