Once weekly low dose subcutaneous erythropoietin : an economic solution for the management of anemia of end-stage renal disease
Joint Authors
Wafa, Adil
Sirwal, Irshad Ahmad
Barniyah, Bassam Uthman
Ahmad, Mosaddeque
Abbadi, Muhammad Adnan
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 4 (31 Aug. 1995), pp.407-411, 5 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
1995-08-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Forty patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis were categorized into three groups depending upon the route of administration of erythropoietin (EPO).
Eighteen of these patients received i.v.
EPO (group A), 11 were switched from i.v.
to s.c.
route (group B), and 11 other patients were started on s.c.
EPO from the beginning of treatment (group C).
They were studied to evaluate the efficacy of EPO and its dosage.
The target hemoglobin was decided to be between 9 and 10.5 g/L.
The hemogram of all these patients showed considerable improvement after EPO treatment.
Mean hemoglobin level increased from 7.0 ± 1.0 in all the groups to 9.0 + 1.0, 9.1 ± 0.9 and 9.0 + 0.9 g/dl in groups A,B, and C respectively.
Mean dose of EPO to achieve target hemoglobin was 120 ± 42.2, 42.6 + 16.2 and 36.6 + 11.1 U/Kg/week in groups A, B, and C respectively.
Our observation illustrates that once weekly s.c.
EPO is equally effective as i.v.
EPO albeit at reduced dose and hence saving costs substantially without compromising patient care.
Also, it maintains hemoglobin in target range in patients already stabilized on i.v.
EPO.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barniyah, Bassam Uthman& Sirwal, Irshad Ahmad& Wafa, Adil& Abbadi, Muhammad Adnan& Ahmad, Mosaddeque. 1995. Once weekly low dose subcutaneous erythropoietin : an economic solution for the management of anemia of end-stage renal disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 6, no. 4, pp.407-411.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barniyah, Bassam Uthman…[et al.]. Once weekly low dose subcutaneous erythropoietin : an economic solution for the management of anemia of end-stage renal disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 6, no. 4 (December 1995), pp.407-411.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Barniyah, Bassam Uthman& Sirwal, Irshad Ahmad& Wafa, Adil& Abbadi, Muhammad Adnan& Ahmad, Mosaddeque. Once weekly low dose subcutaneous erythropoietin : an economic solution for the management of anemia of end-stage renal disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 1995. Vol. 6, no. 4, pp.407-411.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Record ID
BIM-212541