Open AccessComparative Effectiveness of Two Anemia Management Strategies for Complex Elderly Dialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Yi Zhang,
Mae Thamer,
James S. Kaufman,
Dennis J. Cotter,
Miguel A. Hernán
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182a53ca8
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , intensive care medicine , dialysis , medline , political science , law
Randomized trials found that use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents to target normal hematocrit (Hct) levels (>39%) compared with 27%-34.5% increases cardiovascular risk and mortality among chronic kidney disease patients. However, the effects of the most widely used Hct target in the past 2 decades, 34.5%-39%, have never been examined.
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