Hi,My father is 59years old. He has creatinine level 9, urea level around 80 and potassium around 5.He is under dialysis thrice a week and they are giving Espogen 4000 injection thrice a week post HD. Is it necessary to continue that injection till life and What are tests to be conducted for kidney match ?
Hithanks for posting in ChatDoctorI have understood your concernerythropoietin synthesized in normal kidney, so in kidney failure no synthesis, leads to anemia.spoken is synthetic form of erythropoietin have to check HE levels monthly once, if they are above 12 GMS you can stop the injection by tapering method. Regarding matching1.blood group should be matched2.HLA typing is important. Hole this helps you any further questions please let me know thanks