A 60 Year-Old Man Who Has Diabetic Nephropathy and Undergoes

question 406

Multiple Choice

A 60 year-old man who has diabetic nephropathy and undergoes hemodialysis 3 times weekly. He presents today due to progressive weakness and fatigue. He cannot walk a short distance due to feeling exhausted. Evaluation shows low hemoglobin level with low iron stores otherwise is normal. Iron supplements and recombinant erythropoietin are started. After few weeks, the patient comes and report feeling well with normal laboratory result. . he asks if he can continue the erythropoietin treatment, what should the physician inform this patient is at long term use this treatment leads to which complication ?

• A)Autoimmune hemolysis
• B)Bone marrow fibrosis
• C)Gallstone formation
• D)Iron overload
• E)Venous thrombosis

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