Severe Symptomatic Hypophosphataemia as a Complication of Parenteral Iron Replacement

Autor: Matthew Bingfeng Chuah, Kevin Kim Jun Teh, Joan Joo-Ching Khoo, Amanda Yuan-Ling Lim, Shu-Wen Tay
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020)
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2020_001860
Popis: Parental iron replacement is given to patients with severe iron deficiency or intolerance to oral iron. Hypophosphataemia has been reported to occur as a complication of parental iron replacement, and is postulated to be related to the carbohydrate moieties used in the parenteral preparations. Hypophosphataemia is under-diagnosed as symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness and poor effort tolerance mimic anaemia. Severe hypophosphataemia (
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