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Would you recommend desmopressin for a patient with ESKD receiving thrice weekly hemodialysis who is hospitalized for a persistent gastrointestinal bleed not amenable to usual interventional treatment strategies?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
Yes. I always give desmopressin in patients with uncontrolled bleeding and uremia to fix the bleeding time abnormality. In this situation, the benefits should out way the possible harms.