Hierro intravenoso en la terapia del síndrome de piernas inquietas
| Autor: | MIRANDA C.,MARCELO, BUSTAMANTE C.,M. LEONOR |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista médica de Chile v.147 n.12 2019 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| Popis: | Restless legs syndrome (RLS) may severely affect the quality of life of patients. A deficient iron incorporation into the central nervous system has an important role in the pathophysiology of RLS. Severely affected patients may not respond to current therapeutic options. We report a preliminary experience with five patients with severe RLS and low serum ferritin levels who did not improve with oral iron. All were treated with 1 g of intravenous iron carboxymaltose. They experienced a marked improvement in symptoms, evident even during the first week of therapy that had persistent after up to two years of follow-up. A significant change in the RLS severity scale was observed after intravenous iron. Serum ferritin levels increased in all of them. Intravenous iron could be a therapeutic option for patients with severe RLS. |
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