HIGHLIGHTS
- who: Preditores de hiporresponsividade aos and collaborators from the Centro Hospital have published the Article: Predictors of hyporesponsiveness to ESAs in peritoneal dialysis patients: the role of residual renal function, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- how: The authors conducted a cross-sectional study involving 50 prevalent PD patients.
SUMMARY
Anemia resistant to recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) is a risk factor for mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis1. Several factors such as uremic toxins, iron deficiency, inflammation, hyperparathyroidism, and medications have been associated with EPO hyporesponsiveness in hemodialysis (HD . . .
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