To date, clinical trials of neuroprotective agents in preterm infants have been limited, but new data suggest that erythropoietin might have important neuroprotective effects in these vulnerable ...

Routine administration of recombinant erythropoietin to patients on hemodialysis has greatly facilitated the management of chronic-kidney-disease-induced anemia. However, this glycoprotein hormone ...

In patients with renal insufficiency associated with increased hemoglobin levels and polycythemia, the possibilities of recombinant erythropoietin overdosing and disorders such as neoplasms and ...

These factors typically result in a need for multiple blood transfusions. Because low plasma erythropoietin levels are present in anemia of prematurity, it has been theorized that enhancing ...