Lack of adequate predialyis care and previous hemodialysis, but not hemoglobin variability, are independent predictors of anemia-associated mortality in incident Brazilian peritoneal dialysis patients: Results from the BRAZPD study

Blood Purification

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 298-305

  Gonçalves, Simone M ^a   Dal Lago, Eduardo Andreazza ^a   De Moraes, Thyago P ^a   Kloster, Sandra Contador ^a   Boros, Gustavo ^a   Colombo, Milena ^a   Raboni, Lenisa ^a   Olandoski, Márcia ^a   Fernandes, Natália ^b   Qureshi, Abdul Rashid ^c   Divino Filho, José Carolino ^c   Pecoits Filho, Roberto ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythropoietin; Iron; Mortality; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREDIALYSIS CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870754726     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: 14219735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342618     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Kazmi WH, Kausz AT, Khan S, Abichandani R, et al: Anemia: an early complication of chronic renal insufficiency. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 38: 803-812.
2. Iseki K, Kohagura K: Anemia as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int Suppl 2007:S4-S9. (Pubitemid 47609056)
3. KDOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice Recommendations for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 47:S11-S145.
4. Aronoff GR, Duff DR, Sloan RS, Brier ME, et al: The treatment of anemia with low-dose recombinant human erythropoietin. Am J Nephrol 1990; 10(suppl 2):40-43. (Pubitemid 20377374)
5. Yang W, Israni RK, Brunelli SM, Joffe MM, et al: Hemoglobin variability and mortality in ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 3164-3170. (Pubitemid 350223976)
6. Fernandes N, Bastos MG, Cassi HV, Machado NL, et al: The Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study (BRAZPD): characterization of the cohort. Kidney Int Suppl 2008:S145-S151. (Pubitemid 351466532)
7. Berns JS, Elzein H, Lynn RI, Fishbane S, et al: Hemoglobin variability in epoetin-treated hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 2003; 64: 1514-1521. (Pubitemid 37153820)
8. Couchoud C, Stengel B, Landais P, Aldigier JC, et al: The renal epidemiology and information network (REIN): a new registry for end-stage renal disease in France. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21: 411-418. (Pubitemid 43159996)
9. Richardson D, Ford D, Gilg J, Williams AJ: UK Renal Registry 11th Annual Report (December 2008). Chapter 9: Haemoglobin, ferritin and erythropoietin amongst patients receiving dialysis in the UK in 2007: national and centre-specific analyses. Nephron Clin Pract 2009; 111(suppl 1):c149-c183.
10. Barany P, Divino Filho JC, Bergstrom J: High C-reactive protein is a strong predictor of resistance to erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 1997; 29: 565-568. (Pubitemid 27155278)
11. Beutler E, Waalen J: The definition of anemia: what is the lower limit of normal of the blood hemoglobin concentration? Blood 2006; 107: 1747-1750.
12. Tarng DC: Cardiorenal anemia syndrome in chronic kidney disease. J Chin Med Assoc 2007; 70: 424-429.
13. Ishani A, Solid CA, Weinhandl ED, Gilbertson DT, et al: Association between number of months below K/DOQI haemoglobin target and risk of hospitalization and death. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2008; 23: 1682-1689. (Pubitemid 351767748)
14. Gilbertson DT, Ebben JP, Foley RN, Weinhandl ED, et al: Hemoglobin level variability: associations with mortality. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3: 133-138.
15. Portoles J, Del Peso G, Fernandez-Reyes MJ, Bajo MA, et al: Previous comorbidity and lack of patient free choice of technique predict early mortality in peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int 2009; 29: 150-157.
16. Li S, Foley RN, Collins AJ: Anemia, hospitalization, and mortality in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis in the United States. Kidney Int 2004; 65: 1864-1869. (Pubitemid 38591037)
17. Besarab A, Bolton WK, Browne JK, Egrie JC, et al: The effects of normal as compared with low hematocrit values in patients with cardiac disease who are receiving hemodialysis and epoetin. N Engl J Med 1998; 339: 584-590. (Pubitemid 28385655)
18. Eckardt KU, Kim J, Kronenberg F, Aljama P, et al: Hemoglobin variability does not predict mortality in European hemodialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 21: 1765-1775.