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. 2015 Sep 15;4:26. doi: 10.1186/s40164-015-0021-2

Table 2.

Serious adverse events regardless of relationship to study drug

Preferred term
Pt Before ESA After ESA
1 Cholesteatoma
2 Respiratory tract infection General physical deteriorationa
Respiratory tract infectiona
Renal failure, acute
5 NA Hip fracture
Septic shock
Pneumonitis
Depressed consciousness
6 Pulmonary arterial hypertension Ascites
Anemiab Encephalopathy
Varices esophageal Enterococcal sepsis
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage
8 NA Herpes zoster
Pulmonary embolism
Cardiac failure
9 NA Abdominal pain
Urinary tract infection
Anemiaa,b
Radius fracture
Lung infiltration
Pneumonia
Sepsis
Renal failure
Supraventricular tachycardia
Hepatic failure
Tachypnea
Hyperuricemia
Lumbar vertebral fracture
Thoracic vertebral fracture
Respiratory failure
10 NA Traumatic fracture
13 NA Gastroenteritis

ESA erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, NA not applicable (no SAE reported), pt patient, SAE serious adverse event

aSuspected by the investigator to have a relationship to the study drug

bCommon Toxicity Criteria Grade 3 anemia