Optimizing iron infusions in the emergency department: a retrospective study

Amie Malkin^{1

2}, Mary Morgan^{1

2}, Khawla Fikry³, Dominick Shelton⁴, Vincent Teo⁵, Yulia Lin^{6

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room B204, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
² University of Toronto Quality in Utilization, Education and Safety in Transfusion (QUEST) Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Pharmacy Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room B204, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.
⁷ University of Toronto Quality in Utilization, Education and Safety in Transfusion (QUEST) Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.
⁸ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.

Amie Malkin et al. CJEM. 2024 Mar.

. 2024 Mar;26(3):212-213.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00640-w. Epub 2024 Jan 14.

Amie Malkin^{1

2}, Mary Morgan^{1

2}, Khawla Fikry³, Dominick Shelton⁴, Vincent Teo⁵, Yulia Lin^{6

7

8}

¹ Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room B204, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
² University of Toronto Quality in Utilization, Education and Safety in Transfusion (QUEST) Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Pharmacy Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room B204, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.
⁷ University of Toronto Quality in Utilization, Education and Safety in Transfusion (QUEST) Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.
⁸ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. yulia.lin@sunnybrook.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency department; Ferric derisomaltose; IV iron therapy; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron sucrose.

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