CHICAGO, IL—(UPDATED) Another randomized, controlled trial of iron repletion therapy in heart failure (HF) patients is pointing to a benefit of intravenous supplementation in reducing HF ...

"We await several ongoing clinical trials, including HEART-FID, which will be the largest trial of intravenous iron to date in patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. This ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—Disappointing many who hoped this large, randomized, double-blind trial would show a clear win, HEART-FID is the latest trial of iron supplementation in heart failure to ...

Panelists discuss how chronic kidney disease leads to iron deficiency anemia through a complex interplay of impaired iron absorption, increased hepcidin production driven by inflammatory cytokines, ...

Panelists discuss how IV iron formulations requiring fewer infusion visits tend to have better adherence rates, while the ongoing nursing shortage has created additional challenges in scheduling and ...

Another major study appears to back the use of intravenous iron repletion in patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency, strengthening largely consistent evidence, researchers say, that the ...

IV and oral iron increase hemoglobin similarly in non-dialysis CKD patients, but IV iron may result in more rapid repletion of iron stores. Researchers studied 75 anemic, iron-deficient patients with ...

ORLANDO -- Challenging medical dogma, the use of intravenous (IV) iron therapy for hospitalized patients with iron deficiency anemia dealing with acute infections was associated with a reduced risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Iron-deficiency among frequent blood donors did not affect the quality of red blood cells for use in ...

LAS VEGAS—Correction of iron deficiency does not significantly lower platelet counts in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), regardless of molecular weight or dose used, according to ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2012;69(14):1206-1211. The argument could be made that because i.v. iron has consistently been associated with improvements in serum iron markers, it is superior to oral iron.