Nuevas indicaciones de la eritropoyetina en la práctica clínica

The utilization of rHuEp changed definitively the treatment and the natural history of anemia in patients with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI), and now is modifying the treatment of anemia of other non-renal patients as anemia of premature, anemia in onco-hematological illnesses, anemia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and for reduction of allogenic blood transfusions in surgery. We analyze briefly the clinical indications of rHuEpo and the possible complications secondary to its use.