A Prospective, Randomized, Interventional Study of Oral Iron Supplementation Comparing Daily Dose with Alternate Day Regimen Using Hepcidin as a Biomarker in Iron Deficiency Anemia.

Abstract

AIM: To assess effect of daily vis-a-vis alternate day oral iron therapy in terms of hemoglobin, reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (RET-He) and GI side effects using hepcidin as a biomarker. METHODS: A hospital based randomized interventional two-arm analytical study was done among patients of IDA (20 in each group). The study population was divided into two groups by randomisation. Group 1 received oral iron supplements on alternate day and …

Authors

Mehta S; Sharma BS; Gulati S; Sharma N; Goyal LK; Mehta S

Journal

Journal of Association of Physicians of India, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 39–41

Publication Date

5 2020

ISSN

0004-5772

Associated Experts

Shamir Mehta

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 3202 Clinical Sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency Biomarkers Dietary Supplements Hemoglobins Hepcidins Humans Iron Prospective Studies