Open AccessIron Sucrose Versus Oral Iron Therapy in Pregnancy Anemia
Author(s) -
Syal Neeru,
N. Sreekumaran Nair,
Lavanya Rai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.103467
Subject(s) - medicine , iron sucrose , hemoglobin , pregnancy , anemia , iron deficiency anemia , ferritin , randomized controlled trial , adverse effect , gastroenterology , iron deficiency , surgery , genetics , biology , intravenous iron
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common medical problem in pregnancy. Parenteral iron is a useful treatment, although iron dextran use decreased due to anaphylaxis. Iron sucrose is a newer agent that has overcome the shortcomings of iron dextran.