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Rational Management of Iron-Deficiency Anaemia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
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Nutrients [Nutrients] 2018 Jan 13; Vol. 10 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jan 13. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Anaemia is the most frequent, though often neglected, comorbidity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here we want to briefly present (1) the burden of anaemia in IBD, (2) its pathophysiology, which mostly arises from bleeding-associated iron deficiency, followed by (3) diagnostic evaluation of anaemia, (4) a balanced overview of the different modes of iron replacement therapy, (5) evidence for their therapeutic efficacy and subsequently, (6) an updated recommendation for the practical management of anaemia in IBD. Following the introduction of various intravenous iron preparations over the last decade, questions persist about when to use these preparations as opposed to traditional and other novel oral iron therapeutic agents. At present, oral iron therapy is generally preferred for patients with quiescent IBD and mild iron-deficiency anaemia. However, in patients with flaring IBD that hampers intestinal iron absorption and in those with inadequate responses to or side effects with oral preparations, intravenous iron supplementation is the therapy of choice, although information on the efficacy of intravenous iron in patients with active IBD and anaemia is scare. Importantly, anaemia in IBD is often multifactorial and a careful diagnostic workup is mandatory for optimized treatment. Nevertheless, limited information is available on optimal therapeutic start and end points for treatment of anaemia. Of note, neither oral nor intravenous therapies seem to exacerbate the clinical course of IBD. However, additional prospective studies are still warranted to determine the optimal therapy in complex conditions such as IBD.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest except that G.W. has received lecture honoraria from Vifor Pharma and AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals.
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- Administration, Intravenous
Administration, Oral
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency complications
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency diagnosis
Chronic Disease
Dietary Supplements
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Ferritins blood
Hepcidins blood
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases complications
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases diagnosis
Iron administration & dosage
Iron blood
Molecular Weight
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Receptors, Transferrin blood
Transferrin metabolism
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency drug therapy
Disease Management
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases drug therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2072-6643
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29342861
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010082