Hypophosphataemia after treatment of iron deficiency with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose or iron isomaltoside—a systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 2256-2273

  Schaefer, Benedikt ^a   Tobiasch, Moritz ^b   Viveiros, André ^a   Tilg, Herbert ^a   Kennedy, Nicholas A ^c,d   Wolf, Myles ^e   Zoller, Heinz ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy B   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaemia; ferric derisomaltose; FGF23; phosphate

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE; FERRITIN; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON ISOMALTOSIDE PLUS FERRIC DERISOMALTOSE; PHOSPHATE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISACCHARIDE; FERRIC ION; IRON ISOMALTOSE; MALTOSE;

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MENORRHAGIA; META ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DISACCHARIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MALTOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85097225077     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14643     Document Type: Review

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