Evaluation of Treatment by Iron-dextran Infusion
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Two hundred and fifty women with anaemia were treated by an infusion of iron-dextran and reviewed. No patient was considered for treatment by this method unless the haemoglobin concentration was less than 68.5% (10 g. on the scale 100%= 14.6 g./100 ml.). The first group consists of 50 patients with iron-deficiency anaemia in late pregnancy. The mean duration of pregnancy at the time of treatment was 36.4 weeks (S.D.=2.4) and the
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Increased transfer of iron to the fetus after total dose infusion of iron dextran during pregnancy.
After total dose infusion of iron dextran to 14 pregnant women the saturation of transferrin and the concentration of ferritin were increased in the cord blood at birth, compared with untreated cases. These changes suggest that the fetal iron stores may be increased by such treatment.
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