Economic Benefits of Switching From Intravenous to Subcutaneous Epoetin Alfa for the Management of Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients

BACKGROUND: Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents including epoetin alfa have been a mainstay of anemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease. Although the standard practice has been to administer epoetin alfa to patients on hemodialysis (HD) intravenously (IV), subcutaneous (SQ) epoetin al...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Bhanu, Jafari, Maryam, Toppings, Julie, Gross, Linda, Kappel, Joanne, Au, Flora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054358120927532