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Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy • 2013 | View Paper
“Both the number of cases to which calcium carbonate was administered and their dosages decreased to about 70–80% 12 months after the initiation, and cases administered sevelamer decreased to about 30%.”
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy • 2013 | View Paper
“A patient treated with sevelamer gains , on average, 6.34 QALYs relative to no treatment, whereas a patient taking calcium carbonate gains 5.81 QALYs.”
“Metabolic acidosis was not observed in four patients (serum HCO3– level: 20.3 ± 0.7 mmol/L) likely because they were taking 3 g of calcium carbonate with SH.”
Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis • 2015 | View Paper
“At study completion, serum phosphate levels were lower in the sevelamer arm (median dosages, 4,800 and 2,000 mg/d for sevelamer and calcium carbonate , respectively).”
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy • 2008 | View Paper
“The suppressive effect of the switching from calcium carbonate to sevelamer hydrochloride on the progression of vascular calcification was examined by measuring areas of calcification on routine chest X-rays using image-analyzing software.”
“While the usefulness of computed tomography in detecting vascular calcification … has been reported previously, the suppressive effects of switching from calcium carbonate … sevelamer hydrochloride on the progression of aortic calcification can be observed without computed tomography by … plain chest X-ray films that are routinely performed in hemodialysis clinics.”
“The combination of sevelamer hydrochloride and CaCO3 is a suitable regimen for hyperphosphatemia treatment in HD patients because it avoids both the hypercalcemia of CaCO3 and the adverse effects of sevelamer hydrochloride when each is used as single‐drug therapy.”
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy • 2005 | View Paper