Intravenous iron therapy is a useful treatment for the rapid correction of iron deficiency anaemia and can be used to avoid or reduce\r\nthe requirement for allogeneic blood transfusion. Several intravenous iron preparations are available commercially which differ\r\nin cost, mode of administration and side effect profile. There are few data directly comparing the efficacy of these preparations.\r\nIn this retrospective single-centre study, we present the results from two hundred and eight patients treated using three different\r\niron preparations (iron dextran, iron sucrose and ferric carboxymaltose) and compare the effect on haemoglobin levels and other\r\nmeasures of iron deficiency six weeks after treatment. Within the limitations of our study design, we show a statistically and\r\nclinically significant difference in efficacy between these preparations.
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