Iron therapy in anaemic adults without chronic kidney disease

KS Gurusamy, M Nagendran… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Anaemia affects about a quarter of the world's population. An estimated 50% of
anaemic people have anaemia due to iron deficiency. Objectives To assess the safety and …

[HTML][HTML] On the role of iron therapy for reducing allogeneic blood transfusion in orthopaedic surgery

M Muñoz, JA García-Erce, J Cuenca, E Bisbe… - Blood …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of pre-operative anaemia may be high among surgical patients, depending
on the patients' co-morbidities, gender, age and the underlying pathology for which they …

Ferric carboxymaltose for the treatment of iron-deficiency anemia

M Munoz, E Martín-Montañez - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Anemic patients may benefit from the various intravenous iron replacement
options available. Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) is a new iron formulation (150 kDa) that can …

Intravenous iron for treating cancer-induced anemia: meeting an unmet need?

M Auerbach, M Muñoz - Chinese Clinical Oncology, 2012 - cco.amegroups.org
Recent restrictions on ESA use in cancer and chemotherapy induced anemias (CIA) leave a
therapeutic void (1). Regulatory agencies throughout the world now recommend that, ESAs …

Perioperative iron administration as an alternative to blood transfusion in major surgery

JA GARCÍA‐ERCE, G CANTANHEDE… - Transfusion …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the surgical setting, anemia is a common feature and an independent risk factor for blood
transfusion, inpatient complications, delayed hospital discharge and poorer functional …