Abstract
Renal anemia is one of the major complications observed in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is caused mainly by a relative erythropoietin deficiency due to progressive damage of renal parenchyma. The primary goal of anemia treatment using available today ESAs is not only to improve the quality of life of patients but, above all to reduce cardiovascular mortality. The target hemoglobin concentration during application of ESA in CKD patients treated conservatively and renal replacement therapy patients was and still is being discussed among nephrologists. Based on the clinical trials performed so far, it seems that in patients with renal anemia we should individualise treatment with ESA, seeking partial rather than complete correction of anemia.
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