Safety of Intravenous Iron in Dialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Ingrid HougenDavid CollisterMathieu BourrierThomas FergusonLaura HochheimPaul KomendaClaudio RigattoNavdeep TangriPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2018)
Higher-dose intravenous iron does not seem to be associated with higher risk of mortality, infection, cardiovascular events, or hospitalizations in adult patients on dialysis. Strength of this finding is limited by small numbers of participants and events in the randomized, controlled trials and statistical heterogeneity in observational studies.