[Moderate anaemia refractory to oral iron in a pregnant woman with a history of bariatric surgery].

DISCUSSION: the most frequent nutritional deficiencies after malabsorptive bariatric surgery are sideropenia and hypoproteinemia. Sideropenia and anemia increase the risk of preterm delivery, low weight, and perinatal mortality. In patients with inadequate response to intravenous iron, treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin may be considered, although its use in pregnant women without chronic renal failure has no indication in the prescribing information of this drug. PMID: 32960642 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research