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At what point erythropoitin supplementation given to patients deficient of erythropoitin?what are the side effects?
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Depends.: For dialysis pts - if symptomatic as a result of anemia it may be reasonable to use EPO at a HGB of 11 g/dl. Otherwise 10 is the standard. For other diseases anemia associated with EPO levels in the 100-500 range is typically the trigger. Side effects are headache, hypertension and influenza like syndrome. In cancer patients there is a risk of blood clots.
Answered 2/13/2015
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