Journal of nephrology
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J. Nephrol.
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Journal of nephrology · Sep 2003
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyErythropoietin requirements: a comparative multicenter study between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis.
The management of anemia with erythropoietin (EPO) is important in the global treatment of dialysis patients. There is a general impression that anemia control with EPO is obtained more easily in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients than in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The EPO administration route has to be the same to compare the two techniques adequately. ⋯ With the same administration route, PD patients showed a reduced EPO requirement, and less frequent EPO administration than HD patients, to obtain the same Hb level. No other factors, except those involved in better depuration of erythropoiesis inhibitors in PD, seemed responsible for the different EPO requirements.