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SUBMITTER: Eckardt KU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3013534 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eckardt Kai-Uwe KU Kim Joseph J Kronenberg Florian F Aljama Pedro P Anker Stefan D SD Canaud Bernard B Molemans Bart B Stenvinkel Peter P Schernthaner Guntram G Ireland Elizabeth E Fouqueray Bruno B Macdougall Iain C IC
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20100826 10
Patients with CKD exhibit significant within-patient hemoglobin (Hb) level variability, especially with the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) and iron. Analyses of dialysis cohorts in the United States produced conflicting results regarding the association of Hb variability with patient outcomes. Here, we determined Hb variability in 5037 European hemodialysis (HD) patients treated over 2 years to identify predictors of high variability and to evaluate its association with all-caus ...[more]