Associations Among Epoetin Therapy, Inflammation, Nutritional Status, and Mortality in Patients on Hemodialysis

Inflammation contributes to hemopoiesis by lowering responses to epoetin (EPO) and to an increase in the mortality of patients on hemodialysis. However, nutritional status might alter associations among inflammation, EPO responsiveness, and the risk of mortality. We assessed the effect of inflammation on mortality according to nutritional status among EPO responses in a cohort of prevalent hemodialysis patients.

Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - July 10, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Hirokazu Honda, Naoki Kimata, Kenji Wakai, Tadao Akizawa Tags: Original Research Source Type: research