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Summary Ferrivenin, a stable saccharated oxide of iron, has been given to 25 an˦mic pregnant women. All showed a rapid response to treatment, the h˦moglobin increasing, in almost all cases, by 8% in the first week of treatment. The results are contrasted with those obtained with iron by mouth. It apparently required almost 40 mg. of elemental iron to increase the h˦moglobin by 1% in an an˦mic pregnant woman. In 2 cases the an˦mia was refractory to iron by mouth after prolonged treatment, but it responded satisfactorily to intravenous iron. Only 1 case showed a severe reaction, which appeared to be due to vagal stimulation. This may have been related to the irregular attendance of the patient for treatment, there being an interval of twelve days between the previous injection and the date of the reaction. |
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