UK guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 588-600

  Pavord, Sue ^a   Myers, Bethan ^b   Robinson, Susan ^c   Allard, Shubha ^d   Strong, Jane ^a   Oppenheimer, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron; Iron deficiency; Iron depletion; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERRINJECT; FERRITIN; FERROUS FEREDETATE; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS SULFATE; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GALFER FA; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; MONOFER; PREGADAY; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRON; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84857029871     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.09012.x     Document Type: Article

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