Iron deposition in autopsied liver specimens from older patients receiving intravenous iron infusion.
Hiroyasu AkatsuToshie ManabeYoshihiro KawadeHajime TanakaTakayoshi KanematsuKazuyuki ArakawaYoshiyuki MasakiChie HishidaTakeshi KanesakaNorihiro OgawaYoshio HashizumeKoichi TsuneyamaHirotaka OharaMitsuo MaruyamaTakayuki YamamotoPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Chronic intravenous administration of iron was associated with iron deposition in the liver, even when given the minimum recommended dosage. In long-term TPN patients, the iron dose should therefore be carefully considered.