Use of erythropoietin in emergencies: massive intoxication by chloramines.
Recombinant human Erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is normally used to correct anaemia in patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), that are in Regular Dialysis Treatment (RDT). This anaemia is usually due to the existence of two factors: A decrease in the erythropoiesis of the bone marrow and an increase in peripheral haemolysis and, consequently, a decrease in the life span of the red cells.
Lorenzo
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Unidad de Hemodiálisis Los Lauros Fundación Renal, Madrid.
Medina
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Calderon
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Castro
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Lazaro
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D000740:Anemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002700:Chloramines / Q000506:poisoning*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
D002700:Chloramines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; C030816:chloramine