[Treatment of renal anemia in hemodialysis patients in General Hospital Bjelovar from 2007 to 2010].

Renal anemia is complication of chronic kidney disease. It is caused by crythropoietin deficency and is associated with adverse outcomes in CKD patients. Renal anemia should be treated with erythropoesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), supplementary iron, adequate dialysis, and if necessary with red blood cells transfusions. The main problem of treatment is how to determine target hemoglobin value and keep it within the constant range. Current guidelines recommend target hemoglobin level 110 - 120 g/l, but optimal value need to be adjusted for every patient individualy keeping in mind primary kidney disease, age, gender and comorbidities. In Department of Dialysis of General Hospital Bjelovar we carried out a retrospective study about treating renal anemia in 67 patients on chronic hemodialysis program during 36 months in a period from 2007. til 2010. We monitored hemoglobin, feritin, saturation of transferin (TSAT), dose of LSE, number of change in dosage and number of transfusion. Mean hemoglobin level was 107.8 g/l, feritin level 196.8 mcg/l, TSAT 24.16%, weekly dose of ESAs 5951.9 IU. in 53.7% patiens dose was changed 11 - 20 times during that period, and 34% of patiens was treated with at least 1 dose of transfusion of red blood cells. We conclude that better iron supplementation and moderately higher doses of FSAs correlate with higher hemoglobin value, and hemoglobin variations is still big problem in renal anemia treatment.