PMID: 22356035Feb 24, 2012Paper

Management of iron deficiency anaemia in gynaecological patients at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi

JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Ayesha NasirR Korejo

Abstract

To determine the efficacy and safety of subcutaneously administered recombinant human erythropoietin in combination with intravenous iron sucrose for the management of iron deficiency anaemia in gynaecological patients in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi. It was an interventional quasi experimental study carried out in the Department of Obstetrics /Gynaecology, at JPMC from 1st Nov 2007 to May 2008. All patients with indications for major Gynaecological surgery with iron deficiency anaemia having a mean haemoglobin level of 7 gm/dl were selected and the target haemoglobin was 11 gm/dl. Patients who were symptomatic, had chronic bleeding, renal failure or had signs of anaemia other than iron deficiency were excluded from the study. All investigations were done on day one before the start of therapy, and then treatment was initiated with recombinant human erythropoietin in a dose of 5000 IU subcutaneously and injection Iron Sucrose 200 mg in 100cc NaCI intravenously on 3 alternate days. The parameters checked in succession on day 4 and day 10 included increase in haemoglobin level, haematocrit, reticulocyte count, and time required to reach the target haemoglobin. Twenty three patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria a...Continue Reading

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