Randomised clinical trial: intravenous vs oral iron for the treatment of anaemia after acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

Luis Ferrer-BarcelóLaura Sanchis ArteroJavier Sempere García-ArgüellesPilar Canelles GamirFrancisco Javier García-AlonsoLuis Manuel Ferrer-ArranzAna Monzó GallegoLydia Plana CamposJose Mª Huguet MalavésMarisol Luján SanchisLucía Ruiz SánchezSusana Barceló CerdáEnrique Medina Chuliá

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2019)

FCM provided greater and faster Hb increase and iron repletion, and was better tolerated than FeSulf in patients with iron deficiency anaemia secondary to non-variceal acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
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open label
double blind
liver failure
study protocol
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high dose
randomized controlled trial
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