Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Sep 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyA Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial of IV Iron Supplementation for Anemia of Traumatic Critical Illness.
To evaluate the efficacy of IV iron supplementation of anemic, critically ill trauma patients. ⋯ Iron supplementation increased the serum ferritin concentration significantly, but it had no discernible effect on transferrin saturation, iron-deficient erythropoiesis, hemoglobin concentration, or packed RBC transfusion requirement. Based on these data, routine IV iron supplementation of anemic, critically ill trauma patients cannot be recommended (NCT 01180894).