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: Several sets of guidelines have been published recently and more are in the works. The very recent American College of Physicians/American Academy of Family Practitioners guidelines were put together by a set of authors and consultants without any expertise in the topic under discussion, that is, hypertension. Although we are not maintaining that all guidelines should be written exclusively by experts, complete lack of expertise among guideline authors is not acceptable.
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Hypertension/prevention & control , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Professional Competence , Humans , Societies, MedicalABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Value of serum ferritin (SF) as an iron store index in hemodialysis (HD) patients has been questioned, especially at ranges >or=200. The objective of this study was to determine the variability of SF in patients with high SF (500-1,200.) and low TSAT (
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Anemia/blood , Ferritins/blood , Renal Dialysis/adverse effects , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Renal Dialysis , Skin Diseases/diagnosis , Skin Diseases/etiology , Skin/pathology , Blood Sedimentation , C-Reactive Protein/metabolism , Contracture/etiology , Diagnosis, Differential , Fibrosis/etiology , Humans , Joint Deformities, Acquired/etiology , Kidney Failure, Chronic/blood , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Male , Middle Aged , Scleroderma, Diffuse/diagnosis , Scleromyxedema/diagnosis , Skin Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
Following a hypertension symposium held in Philadelphia, PA, on June 8, 2004, a roundtable discussion was held to discuss the treatment of hypertension in adolescents and children. The participants included Thomas D. Giles, MD, of Louisiana State College of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Bonita Falkner, MD, of the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Allan B. Schwartz, MD, of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Raymond R. Townsend, MD, of the Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; and Marvin Moser, MD, of the Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
