—Current WHO diagnostic criteria face scrutiny because of new data on the link between polycythemia vera and low erythropoietin levels. Reviewed by Julia M. Cunningham, MD, Assistant Professor, ...

High levels of circulating hepcidin are associated with low erythropoietin levels in patients with CKD. Elevated hepcidin may be due in part to EPO deficiency. Failure to reduce hepcidin levels could ...

Background A 16-year-old white male with a history of obstructive uropathy presented to a pediatric outpatient clinic with a first syncope. At presentation, he had a hemoglobin level of 220 g/l, a ...

A 65-year-old woman with fourth stage CKD was admitted to a hospital in Wales with a week-long history of shortness of breath and fatigue. A 53-year-old man on home haemodialysis was found to have a ...

Hemoglobin levels, transfusion independence, and low serum erythropoietin levels were all deemed to have a statistically significant relationship with erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) response.

Our body reacts to blood loss by stimulating the production of red blood cells (erythrocytes). The cells of the hematopoietic (blood-forming) system in the bone marrow do so upon receipt of a signal ...

Erythropoietin was no help for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy already undergoing therapeutic hypothermia in the phase III HEAL trial. Combined death or neurodevelopmental impairment by ...

Background: A 16-year-old white male with a history of obstructive uropathy presented to a pediatric outpatient clinic with a first syncope. At presentation, he had a hemoglobin level of 220 g/l, a ...