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    JAHA: The use of erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients and the risk of stroke

    • Last Update: 2021-07-31
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    Erythropoietin using targeted increase in hemoglobin levels to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease and its heart vessels increased risks associated, including stroke risk


    Heart vascular stroke

    Recently, a research article was published in JAHA, an authoritative journal in the field of cardiovascular disease.


    Researchers used the Cox proportional hazards regression model to estimate the risk ratio (HR) of stroke and its subtypes in erythropoietin-treated patients compared to non-treated patients


    Odds ratio analysis result

    Compared with non-erythropoietin users, the risk of stroke in erythropoietin users did not increase (adjusted HR 1.


    It can be seen that the use of erythropoietin therapy in patients undergoing hemodialysis has nothing to do with the increased risk of stroke or any subtype of stroke


    Erythropoietin therapy in patients on hemodialysis is not associated with an increased risk of stroke or any of its subtypes of stroke

    Original source:

    Original source:

    Peir‐Haur Hung.


    Erythropoietin Use and the Risk of Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan

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