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. 2024 May 13;16(5):e60185.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.60185. eCollection 2024 May.

Efficacy of Intravenous Iron Infusion in Gestational Iron Deficiency Anemia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, During 2018-2019: A Retrospective Study

Hamda A Alfalasi  1 , Shabana Kausar  2
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Efficacy of Intravenous Iron Infusion in Gestational Iron Deficiency Anemia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, During 2018-2019: A Retrospective Study

Hamda A Alfalasi et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Objective: The objective is to investigate the effectiveness of intravenous (IV) iron infusion in increasing hemoglobin levels in gestational iron deficiency anemia (GIDA) patients in a tertiary-care hospital in Dubai emirate, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of GIDA patients who were exposed to IV iron infusion supplementation. Study data of 40 cases aged 25-45 in a tertiary-care hospital in the UAE between 2018 and 2019 were analyzed. Variables accounted for were maternal age, age of gestation when IV iron was administered, and IV iron dose.

Results: The average hemoglobin level before the intervention was 9 g/dL, and the average change after the intervention was 10.4 g/dL with a mean of 1.4 g/dL difference between before and after the intervention.

Conclusion: Supplementation of IV iron infusion in GIDA patients was seen to have increased the hemoglobin level after the intervention; however, the increase did not meet the recommended range of 12-16 g/dL.

Keywords: gestational iron deficiency anemia; intravenous iron replacement; iron deficiency anemia (ida); iron supplementation; oral iron pregnancy.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Incidence of gestational iron deficiency anemia in Mediclinic City Hospital, 2018-2019
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Figure 2. Patients admitted for gestational iron deficiency anemia in their second trimester for intravenous iron infusion at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai, UAE, 2018- 2019
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Figure 3. Patients admitted for gestational iron deficiency anemia in their third trimester for intravenous iron infusion at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai, UAE, 2018-2019
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