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Review
. 2008 Sep;74(6):695-7.
doi: 10.1038/ki.2008.263.

The mortality risk associated with higher hemoglobin: is the therapy to blame?

Mitchell H Rosner  1 , W Kline Bolton
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The mortality risk associated with higher hemoglobin: is the therapy to blame?

Mitchell H Rosner et al. Kidney Int. 2008 Sep.
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Abstract

Recent trials have demonstrated a trend for increased mortality when patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or chronic kidney disease (CKD) are treated with erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs) to hemoglobin levels higher than recommended (>13 g/dl). Recent studies suggest that higher doses of ESAs, in themselves, may be at least partly responsible for this mortality risk. This is important, as more than 90% of patients with ESRD and approximately 20% of patients with CKD receive ESAs. Two new studies address this.

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