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- Title
Impact of very early high doses of recombinant erythropoietin on anemia and allograft function in de novo kidney-transplant patients.
- Authors
Kamar, Nassim; Reboux, Anne-Hélène; Cointault, Olivier; Esposito, Laure; Cardeau-Desangles, Isabelle; Lavayssière, Laurence; Guitard, Joëlle; Wéclawiak, Hugo; Rostaing, Lionel
- Abstract
After kidney transplantation, occurrence of anemia in the early post-transplant period (<1 month) is high and arises out of issues that are multifactorial. We performed a retrospective single-center study to assess whether delivery of high doses of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESA) within the first week of kidney transplantation, translates at 1 month post-transplant, in to causing less anemia and whether it has an impact on allograft function. Ninety-nine patients were not given ESA (group I), whereas 82 were (250 IU/kg/week; group II). All patients had similar pretransplant and baseline (day 0) variables. Similar numbers of group II patients were still receiving ESA by day 14 (97.5%) and day 30 (89%). Respective figures for group I were 27% and 27%. Independent factors for anemia at 1 month post-transplant included: being male subject, treatment for hypertension at pretransplant, anemia at transplant, a higher mean corpuscular volume at transplant, and an induction therapy using antithymocyte globulins. Independent predictive factors for lower creatinine clearance included being female subjects, having a donor aged >50 years, being a recipient aged >50 years, not treated for hypertension at pretransplant, and no post-transplant ESA therapy. High doses of ESA within the first month of kidney transplantation have no impact on anemia or renal function by 1 month post-transplant.
- Subjects
ERYTHROPOIETIN; BLOOD diseases; KIDNEY transplantation; HYPERTENSION; THERAPEUTICS; ANEMIA
- Publication
Transplant International, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
0934-0874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00982.x