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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1085-1087
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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Haemoglobin, not haematocrit, should be the preferred parameter for the evaluation of anaemia in renal patients

Brian P. Kelleher1, Catherine Wall2 and Sean D. O'Broin1

1 Department of Haematology 2 Department of Nephrology St. James's, Hospital Dublin Ireland

Sir,

Recently, the optimal haematocrit (Hct) level that minimizes cardiovascular risk in renal patients has been a matter of some debate [1–3], with studies giving apparently contradictory results. Accurate and reproducible monitoring of the degree of anaemia by the laboratory is essential if valid comparisons are to be made between data generated in different renal centres.

Traditionally the anaemia of renal disease has been monitored and managed exclusively using the Hct, but haemoglobin (Hb) is considered to be equally useful and these tests have been used interchangeably. We have been concerned . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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