Q: Is iron therapy for anemia harmful in the setting of infection?

Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Mar;78(3):168-70. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10156.

Authors

Ehab Daoud¹, Engi Nakhla, Reecha Sharma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH 44195, USA. daoude2@ccf.org

PMID: 21364160
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10156

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anemia / complications*
Anemia / drug therapy*
Anemia / epidemiology
Anemia / etiology
Bacterial Infections / complications*
Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Humans
Iron / adverse effects
Iron / therapeutic use*
Risk

Substances

Iron