Zinc deficiency anaemia in haemodialysis patients: Often overlooked but a treatable cause of anaemia.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Taki, Yasuhiro; Imai, Naohiko; Shibagaki, Yugo
- Source
- Nephrology. Dec2017, Vol. 22 Issue 12, p1037-1038. 1038p.
- Subject
- *FATIGUE (Physiology)
*RENAL cell carcinoma
*ANEMIA
*HEMODIALYSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1320-5358
The article presents a case study of a 82-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with fatigue and loss of appetite. It notes that she was diagnosed with renal cell cancer at the age of 51 and was treated with radical nephrectomy. The article discusses zinc replacement therapy, on zinc deficiency anemia caused by the therapy, and oral zinc replacement therapy to improve anemia in hemodialysis patients.