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Review
. 2019 Mar 9;23(1):81.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2373-1.

Iron Metabolism: An Emerging Therapeutic Target in Critical Illness

Edward Litton  1   2 , Jolene Lim  3
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Review

Iron Metabolism: An Emerging Therapeutic Target in Critical Illness

Edward Litton et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2019 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901 .

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Edward Litton was the principle investigator of the IRONMAN study that received in-kind support of study drug from Vifor Pharma. The authors declare no other conflicts of interest.

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Diagnostic patterns and risk of adverse effects related to different iron states. TSAT transferrin saturation
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Changes in iron storage and capacity to use iron over time in critical illness
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