Associations between Changes in Hemoglobin and Administered Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent and Survival in Hemodialysis Patients

L. Regidor, Deborah; D. Kopple, Joel; P. Kövesdy, Csaba; D. Kilpatrick, Ryan; J. McAllister, Charles; Aronovitz, Jason; Greenland, Sander; Kalantar‐Zadeh, Kamyar

doi:10.1681/asn.2005090997

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Associations between Changes in Hemoglobin and Administered Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent and Survival in Hemodialysis Patients

Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology • Mar 25, 2006

Authors:

Deborah L. Regidor

Joel D. Kopple

Csaba P. Kövesdy

Abstract

Although treating anemia of chronic kidney disease by erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) may improve survival, most studies have examined associations between baseline hemoglobin values and survival and ignored variations in clinical and laboratory measures over time. It is not clear whether lo...

Subject

Medicine

Hemoglobin

Anemia

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