Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of once-weekly subcutaneous epoetin alfa in critically ill patients: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1661-1667

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Spapen, Herbert D M H ^b   Creteur, Jacques ^a   Piagnerelli, Michael ^a   Hubloue, Ives ^b   Diltoer, Marc ^b   Roman, Alain ^c   Stevens, Etienne ^c   Vercammen, Els ^d   Beaver, Jessica S ^d  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythropoietin; Hemoglobin; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE; SEPSIS;

EID: 33744546570     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217919.22155.85     Document Type: Article

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