Title
Management of anemia in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis
Date Issued
29 March 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Borzych-Duzalka D.
Bilginer Y.
Soo Ha I.
Bak M.
Rees L.
Cano F.
Chua A.
Pesle S.
Emre S.
Urzykowska A.
Quiroz L.
Ruscasso J.D.
White C.
Pape L.
Ramela V.
Printza N.
Vogel A.
Kuzmanovska D.
Simkova E.
MĂ¼ller-Wiefel D.E.
Sander A.
Warady B.A.
Schaefer F.
Abstract
Little information exists regarding the efficacy,modifiers, and outcomes of anemiamanagement in children with CKDor ESRD.Weassessed practices, effectors, and outcomes of anemiamanagement in 1394 pediatric patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) who were prospectively followed in 30 countries. We noted that 25% of patients had hemoglobin levels below target (<10 g/dl or <9.5 g/dl in children older or younger than 2 years, respectively), with significant regional variation; levels were highest in North America and Europe and lowest in Asia and Turkey. Low hemoglobin levels were associated with low urine output, low serum albumin, high parathyroid hormone, high ferritin, and the use of bioincompatible PD fluid. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) were prescribed to 92% of patients, and neither the type of ESA nor the dosing interval appeared to affect efficacy. Theweekly ESAdose inversely correlatedwith agewhen scaled to weight but did not correlatewith age when normalized to body surface area. ESA sensitivity was positively associatedwith residual diuresis and serum albumin and inversely associated with serum parathyroid hormone and ferritin. The prevalence of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy increased with the degree of anemia. Patient survival was positively associated with achieved hemoglobin and serumalbumin and was inversely associated with ESAdose. In conclusion, control of anemia in children receiving long-term PD varies by region. ESA requirements are independent of age when dose is scaled to body surface area, and ESA resistance is associated with inflammation, fluid retention, and hyperparathyroidism. Anemia and high ESA dose requirements independently predict mortality. Copyright © 2013 by the American Society of Nephrology.
Start page
665
End page
676
Volume
24
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
UrologĂ­a, NefrologĂ­a HematologĂ­a PediatrĂ­a
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84875724009
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
ISSN of the container
15333450
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