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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) treatment on renal function, the slopes of the regression lines of the reciprocal of serum creatinine versus time were compared in 26 patients with renal insufficiency (serum creatinine ranged from 2.3 to 11.7 mg/dl) followed for a period of 2.7 to 24 months. Ten patients received r-HuEPO and the anemia was corrected (Group I). Sixteen patients did not receive r-HuEPO. Ten of them were anemic (Group II) and six had normal hematocrits (Group III). All study groups were matched for age, diagnosis and degree of renal insufficiency. All cohorts were followed prospectively (Period B, from the first day of the study to the time of data analysis or dialysis and transplantation); renal function was also examined retrospectively (Period A, from the first day of the study to the time of first renal function measurement). Hematocrit was lowest in Group II control patients, 27%, highest in the Group III control subjects, 43%, and intermediate in Group I EPO-treated patients, 36%. Serum creatinine uniformly increased in all three groups of patients. The rate of progression, as measured by the slopes of the reciprocal of serum creatinine versus time, however, was similar in all three groups of subjects and during both periods. The mean slopes for Group I patients before and after r-HuEPO were, respectively, -0.0058 and -0.0054, that of the control cohorts with low and normal hematocrit during period B were -0.0063 and -0.0010, respectively. Thus, it appeared that neither r-HuEPO administration nor a normal hematocrit accelerated the deterioration of renal function in these patients with renal insufficiency.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0085-2538
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on renal function in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't