title: Darbepoetin alfa for treatment of anaemia in a case of chronic renal failure during pregnancy--case report.
abstract: Oral haematinics are frequently, if not ubiquitously, used to supplement dietary iron in pregnancy. A 21-year-old patient attended the antennal clinic because she suffered from nephritic syndrome due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Despite treatment with oral haematinics, her haemoglobin level continued to fall. After a blood transfusion, her renal function deteriorated. She was started on darbepoetin alfa, a long-acting erythropoietin, for treat the anaemia caused by renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Eastbourne DG Hospital, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ayers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000068256:Darbepoetin alfa; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000068256:Darbepoetin alfa