Infection Risk with Bolus versus Maintenance Iron Supplementation in Hemodialysis Patients

Intravenous iron may promote bacterial growth and impair host defense, but the risk of infection associated with iron supplementation is not well defined. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of hemodialysis patients to compare the safety of bolus dosing, which provides a large amount of iron o...

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Main Authors: Brookhart, M. Alan, Freburger, Janet K., Ellis, Alan R., Wang, Lily, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., Kshirsagar, Abhijit V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Nephrology 2013
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Clinical Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699831/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23787911
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2012121164
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