Estimated Effect of Epoetin Dosage on Survival among Elderly Hemodialysis Patients in the United States | Zendy

Yi Zhang | Zendy; Mae Thamer | Zendy; Dennis J. Cotter | Zendy; James S. Kaufman | Zendy; Miguel A. HernaCombining Acute Accentn | Zendy

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Estimated Effect of Epoetin Dosage on Survival among Elderly Hemodialysis Patients in the United States

Author(s) -

Yi Zhang,

Mae Thamer,

Dennis J. Cotter,

James S. Kaufman,

Miguel A. HernaCombining Acute Accentn

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.05071008

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , hemodialysis , dose , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , confounding , cumulative dose , dialysis , relative risk , epoetin alfa , hemoglobin

The common finding that low achieved hemoglobin in observational studies and high target hemoglobin in randomized trials each were associated with increased mortality and high epoetin dosage has suggested the possibility that high epoetin dosage might explain the increased mortality risk.

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