Intravenous iron administration strategies and anemia management in hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of maintenance intravenous (IV) iron administration on subsequent achievement of anemia management goals and mortality among patients recently initiating hemodialysis is unclear.

Methods

We performed an observational cohort study, in adult incident dialysis patients starting on hemodialysis. We defined IV administration strategies over a 12-week period following a patient's initiation of hemodialysis; all those receiving IV iron at regular intervals were considered maintenance, and all others were considered non-maintenance. We used multivariable models adjusting for demographics, clinical and treatment parameters, iron dose, measures of iron stores and pro-infectious and pro-inflammatory parameters to compare these strategies. The outcomes under study

SUBMITTER: Michels WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837787 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature