Role of the Serum Calcium in Erythropoietin Responsiveness in Anaemic Haemodialysis Chronic Renal Failure Patients

摘要

The current study is devoted to examine the effect of the serum calcium level (in mmol/dl) on the rHuEPO EPIRAX) in 100 patients of different age group (20-65 years mean 42.5)of both sexes (35 female and 65 male) in haemodialysis program. Experiments were carried out to examine the responsiveness of anaemic CRF patients in HD program to the rHuEPO by the level of the PCV. Additionally, a comparison was conducted in terms of differences in the results according to the changes of the level of the serum calcium, which may be fluctuated from patients to patients according to the different causes. The results obtained showed that the serum calcium level in all studied cases has a direct effect on erythropoietin treatment to anaemic HD CRF patients (p<;0.05), which in turns indicates that the calcium plays a vital role in the anaemia management.