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SUBMITTER: Chertow GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042674 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chertow Glenn M GM Liu Jiannong J Monda Keri L KL Gilbertson David T DT Brookhart M Alan MA Beaubrun Anne C AC Winkelmayer Wolfgang C WC Pollock Allan A Herzog Charles A CA Ashfaq Akhtar A Sturmer Til T Rothman Kenneth J KJ Bradbury Brian D BD Collins Allan J AJ
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20160225 10
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are commonly used to treat anemia in patients with CKD, including those receiving dialysis, although clinical trials have identified risks associated with ESA use. We evaluated the effects of changes in dialysis payment policies and product labeling instituted in 2011 on mortality and major cardiovascular events across the United States dialysis population in an open cohort study of patients on dialysis from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2012, wit ...[more]