Intravenous or oral iron for treating iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no strong evidence that first-line therapy with intravenous iron is superior to oral administration for treating IDA in pregnant women. The few identified differences in outcomes were small in magnitude and from studies at high risk of bias. REGISTRATION: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), CRD42019120652. PMID: 31441077 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - Category: General Medicine Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research