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SUBMITTER: Mesgarpour B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373621 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mesgarpour Bita B Heidinger Benedikt H BH Roth Dominik D Schmitz Susanne S Walsh Cathal D CD Herkner Harald H
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20170825
<h4>Background</h4>Anaemia is a common problem experienced by critically-ill people. Treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) has been used as a pharmacologic strategy when the blunted response of endogenous erythropoietin has been reported in critically-ill people. The use of ESAs becomes more important where adverse clinical outcomes of transfusing blood products is a limitation. However, this indication for ESAs is not licensed by regulatory authorities and is called off-label ...[more]