Case management of the anemic patient. Epoetin alfa: focus on dialysis efficiency

Dialysis efficiency has traditionally been measured using kinetic modeling (KT/Vurea). However, once anemia is corrected with Epoetin alfa, using urea as the only measure of dialysis effectiveness may not be adequate. Two case studies describe the use of the urea kinetic model and other means of assessing dialysis efficiency in nonanemic patients.