Eficacia del hierro intravenoso con relación al hierro por vía oral en el tratamiento de la anemia ferropénica

Abstract

Abstract: Iron deficiency anemia is the type of anemia,it is themost frequently in the world.The firstline of treatment is iron by oral administration,however, many of the times thiskind of administration is not very well tolerated; side effects, mainly gastrointestinal, these problems generate lack of adherence to treatmentand oral replacement does not increase iron stores immediately.Objective: To compare the efficacy of intravenous iron in relation to oral iron in patients diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia.Methodology: This research was performed a bibliographic review of scientific research from the last five years published in the PubMed database.Results: From the 378publications, only 20met both the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of these,2they did not present conclusive results, and one rejected the stated objective, citing oral iron as standard therapy. However, the remaining 17studies support treatment with intravenous iron.Conclusions: Treatment with intravenous iron is an effective, safe and viable therapy for iron deficiency anemia compared to oral iron.