Mednet Logo

Would you ever consider prophylactic anticoagulation in patients with CKD requiring ESA therapy?

While the CKD population is at high thrombotic and bleeding risk, would you consider anticoagulating a patient prophylactically if they had a history of unprovoked VTE or an inherited thrombophilia?
Community PollStarted

Would you consider prophylactic anticoagulation in a patient with CKD and history of unprovoked VTE when starting ESA therapy?

17 physicians have voted

Join Mednetto vote and see how they answered.

1 Answer
Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Hematology · University of Wisconsin
Answered on

I would not start anticoagulation in this setting solely because the patient is to receive ESA treatment, but would advocate for adjusting the ESA dose to maintain a hemoglobin of 9-10 g/dL, since a number of studies suggest that targeting higher hemoglobin levels is associated with increased risk o...

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer