Performance of a Predictive Model for Long-Term Hemoglobin Response to Darbepoetin and Iron Administration in a Large Cohort of Hemodialysis Patients.

Anemia management, based on erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) and iron supplementation, has become an increasingly challenging problem in hemodialysis patients. Maintaining hemodialysis patients within narrow hemoglobin targets, preventing cycling outside target, and reducing ESA dosing to pre...

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Main Authors: Carlo Barbieri, Elena Bolzoni, Flavio Mari, Isabella Cattinelli, Francesco Bellocchio, José D Martin, Claudia Amato, Andrea Stopper, Emanuele Gatti, Iain C Macdougall, Stefano Stuard, Bernard Canaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148938&type=printable