Hemoglobin and hematocrit at the end of hemodialysis: A better way to adjust erythropoietin dose?

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Rangel, Érika B ^a,b   Andreoli, Maria Claudia ^a,b   Matos, Ana Cristina C ^a,b   Guimarães Souza, Nadia K ^a,b   Mallet, Ana Cláudia ^b   Carneiro, Fabiana D ^b   Santos, Bento C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood volume; Erythropoietin; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MONITOR; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 77951254486     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-010-0484-1     Document Type: Article

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