Medical Oncology

Iron Homeostasis

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What parameters would you use to monitor and interpret iron levels in a hemochromatosis patient where ferritin is unreliable due to underlying chronic inflammation?

How would your recommendation change if the patient has H63 homozygous mutation?

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Does evidence support extending the duration of intravenous iron dextran (INFeD) infusion in pregnant patients?

Are there specific safety or efficacy benefits associated with prolonged infusion times in this population?

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What is the indication for phlebotomy in compound heterozygous hemochromatosis?

What is the ferritin target that you would aim for? What would be your approach for a ferritin >500? When do you order an MRI liver for iron quanti...

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Would you give IV iron for low TSAT in patients with MDS anemia who are transfusion independent but on an ESA?

i.e. similar to CKD anemia?

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When do you consider iron chelation in elderly patients with transfusion-dependent MDS?

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Would you treat iron deficiency in post PV myelofibrosis if anemia is the predominant concern?

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Can you use other iron formulations if a patient develops Stevens-Johnson Syndrome with ferumoxytol?

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How often do you follow ferritin and organ iron-deposition in a patient who has known hereditary hemochromatosis, but no current evidence of iron overload?

e.g. a genetic mutation picked up through a family member

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Papers discussed in this category

American journal of hematology, 2016-06

Safety and efficacy of rapid (1,000 mg in 1 hr) intravenous iron dextran for treatment of maternal iron deficient anemia of pregnancy.

Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2023 Dec 08

IV iron formulations and use in adults.

American journal of hematology, 2011-10

Safety and efficacy of rapidly administered (one hour) one gram of low molecular weight iron dextran (INFeD) for the treatment of iron deficient anemia.

The American journal of medicine, 2017-12

Results of the First American Prospective Study of Intravenous Iron in Oral Iron-Intolerant Iron-Deficient Gravidas.

Obstetrics and gynecology, 2023 May 03

Intravenous Iron Compared With Oral Iron Supplementation for the Treatment of Postpartum Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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