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Management of Anemia in Elderly Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease

Anemia is very common in elderly patients with chronic renal disease and is highly related to cardiovascular disease and mortality, but is easily overlooked. Even in elderly patients, the cause of anemia should be diagnosed and treated using the same criteria for diagnosing anemia as in younger patients. Elderly patients with chronic renal disease are administered iron supplements and erythropoietin stimulating agent with the target of hemoglobin at 10-12 g/dL. The hypoxia inducible factor stabilizer is about to be used in Korea and is recommended to be used while monitoring hypertension and thrombotic complications.