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Do you avoid ESAs in patients with anemia and chronic kidney disease who also have Factor V Leiden?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

I personally do not. I think it is better to get the hemoglobin in the 10-11 g/dL range and avoid having to give blood transfusions potentially than the slightly increased risk of hypercoagulability.

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