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Impact of frequent hemodialysis on anemia management: results from the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trials
Author(s) -
Daniel B. Ornt,
Brett Larive,
Anjay Rastogi,
Mohamad Rashid,
John T. Daugirdas,
Ann Hernandez,
Manjula Kurella Tamura,
Rita S. Suri,
Nathan W. Levin,
Alan S. Kliger
Publication year - 2013
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/gfs593
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , anemia , intensive care medicine
The extent to which anemia management is facilitated by more frequent hemodialysis (HD) is controversial. We hypothesized as a preselected outcome that patients receiving HD six times (6×) compared with three times (3×) per week would require lower doses of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESA) and/or achieve higher blood hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations.

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