Comparison for effects of intravenous versus oral iron therapy for postpartum anemia

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Mumtaz, Ambreen ^a   Farooq, Fareeha ^a  

^a Alkhidmat Teaching Hospital Mansoorah   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Intravenous iron; Oral iron; Postpartum anaemia

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLUSHING; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84866410489     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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