title: [Hemoglobin variability in patients with chronic renal insuffiency].
abstract: Several recent articles have examined the time-dependent effects of epoetin therapy and the variability of hemoglobin (HGb) levels and what epoetin does in hemodialysis patients. A recent preliminary report also found that HGG cycling was common among hemodialysis patients, with only 10% of patients remaining within their initial HGb range (less than 11 g/dl, 11 to 12.5 g/dl, greater than 12.5 g/dl) during a six-month period. Factors associated with HGb cycling were changes in epoetin dose, intravenous-iron administration or a change in dose and hospitalization. What is not known is whether there are adverse clinical outcomes associated with HGb variability, although preliminary data indicate, perhaps predictably, that a decreasing HGb level is associated with a higher mortality risk. This is certainly an area that merits further study.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 paris, France. gilbert.deray@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deray
mesh_terms: D000068817:Epoetin Alfa; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics; D006454:Hemoglobins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa