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Hyporesponsiveness to ESA may be directly evaluated as the dose of DA divided by Hb level at the 12th weeks of DA treatment. The cut-off value of the index was 5.2.
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ND-CKD patients with this index higher than 5.2 may have a higher risk for renal and CVD events in ND-CKD patients. A search for the causes of the poor response and measures for them should be recommended in such patients.
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This page is a summary of: Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agent in non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients: The BRIGHTEN study, PLoS ONE, November 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277921.
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