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We have routinely used erythropoietin (EPO) by subcutaneous route of administration in all patients entering our chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) program since its inception in March 1989. The criteria for use of the medication was an anemia with hematocrit (HCT) values less than 30 vol. %. One patient entering the program had been on EPO during the predialysis phase of his illness, while some others had received EPO during prior treatment with hemodialysis (HD). In all cases the route of administration was subcutaneous. This preferential use of subcutaneous EPO was based on our favorable experience with EPO in predialysis patients with severe anemia.
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Stern, L., Vernocchi, L., Monstroski, L., Appel, G.B. (1990). Erythropoietin in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients, 1990 Benefits of the Subcutaneous Route in the First U. S. Experience. In: Avram, M.M., et al. Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9555-7_2
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