Katherine Colman, medical student from Australia presents her work w Sue Pavord in Oxford last year on IDA in pregnancy #BSH2017
Good précis of pros and cons of oral and iv iron. Extravasation of IV iron often forgotten cause of morbidity #BSH2017
In Katherine's study refractory to oral iron allocated to oral fe+counselling or IV iron by physician judgement #BSH2017
78 pts in each iron and only 10 oral fe pts required IV #BSH2017
Pre delivery hb was same in both groups #BSH2017
84% referred for IV iron because of poor tolerance of oral tolerated oral iron w appropriate education #BSH2017
One tablet every other day may be sufficient oral iron replacement &prevent upregulation of hepcidin which inhibits its absorption #BSH2017
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