Hepatic iron load differs strikingly between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients

• Main Authors: Guy Rostoker (Author), Mireille Griuncelli (Author), Nasredine Ghali (Author), Séverine Beaudreuil (Author), Yves Cohen (Author), Belkacem Issad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: RDPLF, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Iron overload is one of the most controversial topics in the management of anemic dialysis patients. Parenteral iron supplementation is commonly prescribed to hemodialysis (HD) patients but less frequently to peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Moreover, ferritin targets are far lower an...