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An overview of chronic kidney disease in older people

27 November 2013

Nursing Older People

CPD

There is a lack of consensus about how early chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be diagnosed and managed in older people. Some believe that reduced renal function...

Safe administration of intravenous iron therapy

03 April 2013

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the process of setting up a community service to meet the needs of patients with chronic kidney disease who have iron-deficiency anaemia. The...

Recent developments in the care and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD)

01 July 2007

Primary Health Care

CPD

There have been many recent developments in the care and management of patients with chronic kidney disease that health professionals working in primary care need to...

Sick and tired

03 January 2006

Nursing Standard

Feature

Severe anaemia can blight the lives of people with kidney disease. While effective treatment is available, its provision is patchy across the country. It has been...

The ‘NICE’ way to manage anaemia of chronic kidney disease

01 June 2008

Primary Health Care

General

The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions produced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline Anaemia Management in...