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Erythropoietin combined with parenteral iron sucrose therapy is an alternative to blood transfusion in anemic patients. It was shown to be effective in surgical patients in several previous studies when...
PURPOSE: Investigating the risk of vascular access failure is critical for maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESA) typically used for anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may also...
Genetic polymorphisms may be linked to inter-individual differences in erythropoietin (EPO) resistance. We investigated the -511C/T polymorphism of the IL-1B gene and the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene for...
Kim JK, Park BS, Park MJ, Choi W, Ma SK, Nah MY, Yeum CH, Jung K, Lee SC, Kim SW, Kim NH, Kang YJ, Choi KC
KMID: 938276
Korean J Intern Med.
2001 Jun;16(2):110-117.
BACKGROUND: The present study was aimed at investigating the predictive parameters of erythropoietin (epoetin) hyporesponsiveness in patients on continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
METHODS: We studied 40 patients with...