@article{b0948a85ba804f1f910af054ff82b387,
title = "Diagnosis and management of iron deficiency anemia",
abstract = "Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common hematologic condition, affecting a substantial proportion of the world's women and young children. Optimal management of IDA requires an accurate diagnosis, identification and correction of the underlying cause, provision of medicinal iron therapy, and confirmation of treatment success. There are limited data to support current treatment approaches regarding oral iron preparation, dosing, monitoring, and duration of therapy. New intravenous iron agents have improved safety profiles, which may foster their increased utilization in the treatment of patients with IDA. Clinical trials focused on improving current treatment standards for IDA are sorely needed.",
keywords = "Anemia, Deficiency, IDA, Iron, Microcytic, Therapy",
author = "Powers, {Jacquelyn M.} and Buchanan, {George R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Many clinicians dismiss mild IDA as a benign condition with inconsequential effects, creating a false perception that research aimed to improve IDA treatment is of low priority, which has in turn resulted in a paucity of published data informing its management. 35 The scarcity of IDA clinical trials supported by governmental funding agencies, including the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, is noteworthy. Moreover, limited funding from industry impedes the development of well-structured and rigorous trials aimed at answering important therapeutic questions. For example, at present, only one randomized clinical trial in the United States is comparing different oral iron medications in the treatment of IDA. 36 Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2014",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.hoc.2014.04.007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "28",
pages = "729--745",
journal = "Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America",
issn = "0889-8588",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "4",
}