Prediction of hemoglobin levels in individual hemodialysis patients by means of a mathematical model of erythropoiesis.

Anemia commonly occurs in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. The management of patients with anemia in CKD is challenging, due to its severity, frequent hypo-responsiveness to treatment with erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) and common hemog...

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Main Authors: Doris H Fuertinger, Franz Kappel, Hanjie Zhang, Stephan Thijssen, Peter Kotanko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5905967?pdf=render