Adequacy of dialysis reduces the doses of recombinant erythropoietin independently from the use of biocompatible membranes in haemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Ezio Movilli,
Giovanni Cancarini,
Roberta Zani,
Corrado Camerini,
Massimo Sandrini,
R Maiorca
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/16.1.111
Subject(s) - medicine , transferrin saturation , erythropoietin , gastroenterology , dialysis , iron deficiency , hemodialysis , ferritin , anemia , urology , surgery
The effect of the adequacy of dialysis on the response to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) therapy is still incompletely understood because of many confounding factors such as iron deficiency, biocompatibility of dialysis membranes, and dialysis modality that can interfere.
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