Intramuscular versus oral iron supplementation in patients on renal replacement therapy receiving erythropoietin

• Main Authors: Thiruventhiran, T., Ang, B.B., Tan, S.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 1999
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24713/; https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/4445

Anaemia in patients on renal replacement therapy is a comrnon problem and response to treatment with erythropoietin may be iimited by functional iron deficiency. We recently studied prospectively for 22 weeks the effect of iron supplementation via intramuscular and oral vs intramuscular vs oral rout...