Introduction:
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been identified in an increasing number of patients and among its consequences is the anemia.
Objective:
To verify the occurrence of anemia in patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis at a Hospital in the South Region, Brazil, as well as their kidney profile and iron profile.
Methods:
It was performed a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study. It was analyzed 45 patient records with results from the beginning of the hemodialysis treatment until nine months later.
Results:
Over 50.0% of the patients had hypertension and diabetes and 68.8% were male. The anemia was present in 97.8% of the patients and treated with erythropoietin and/or iron. In the evaluated period occurred increase in median hemoglobin levels (p < 0.001), hematocrit (p < 0.001), ferritin, creatinine (p < 0.001) and urea under (p = 0.039). The transferrin saturation was low in 35.6% of the patients after about one year under hemodialysis treatment. There was correlation between creatinine and urea, both rising.
Conclusion:
After the Introduction of treatment for anemia occurred increased plasma levels of hemoglobin and clinical improvement, even though not having a complete normalization of these levels.
anemia; creatinine; erythropoietin; renal insufficiency, chronic; urea