Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality

It has been previously reported that a higher erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) dose in hemodialysis patients is associated with adverse outcomes including mortality; however the causal relationship between ESA and mortality is still hotly debated. We hypothesize ESA dose indeed exhibits a dire...

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Main Authors: Elani Streja, Jongha Park, Ting-Yan Chan, Janet Lee, Melissa Soohoo, Connie M. Rhee, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6087134