Requirement for blood in hemodialyzed patients with chronic renal failure in the period before and after introduction to erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) treatment
Wiecek, A.; Kokot, F.; Spiechowicz, U.; Cieplok, J.; Czerwieńska, B.; Strzelczyk, P.; Dyjas, R.
Przeglad Lekarski 53(12): 866-869
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 9163010 Document Number: 460263
The present paper aimed to assess the influence of EPO-therapy on the requirement of blood transfusion in haemodialysed patients with end-stage renal failure. As shown in this paper, introduction of r-HuEPO into the therapy of uraemic anaemia almost completely eliminated the request for blood transfusion in these patients. EPO therapy did not influence significantly to the serum creatinine concentration and mean arterial blood pressure in these patients.