rev bras hematol hemoter. 2 0 1 4; 3 6(6) :450–453 Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia Brazilian Journal of Hematology and Hemotherapy www.rbhh.org Special article Guidelines on the treatment of anemia of chronic renal failure using recombinant human erythropoietin: Associac ¸ão Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular Guidelines Project: Associac ¸ão Médica Brasileira – 2014 Aderson da Silva Araújo a , Clarisse Lopes de Castro Lobo b , Dimas Tadeu Covas c , Fernando Ferreira Costa d , Letícia Medeiros e , Rodolfo Delfini Canc ¸ado f,* , Sandra Fátima Menosi Gualandro g , Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad d a Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil b Instituto Estadual de Hematologia Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcanti (HEMORIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil c Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil d Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil e Associac ¸ão Médica Brasileira (AMB), São Paulo, SP, Brazil f Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil g Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 11 August 2014 Accepted 2 September 2014 Available online 1 October 2014 Introduction The guidelines project is a joint initiative of the Associac ¸ão Médica Brasileira and the Conselho Federal de Medicina. It aims to collect information to standardize decisions and help create ∗ Corresponding author at: Hemocentro da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Rua Marquês de Itu, 579, 3 ◦ andar, 01223-001 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail address: rdcan@uol.com.br (R.D. Canc ¸ ado). strategies during diagnosis and treatment. These data were prepared and are recommended by the Associac ¸ão Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH). Even so, all possible decisions should be evaluated by the physi- cian responsible for diagnosis and treatment according to the patient’s setting and clinical status. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.09.009 1516-8484/© 2014 Associac ¸ão Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.