All of the following are indications of Intravenous Iron Administration, except-: (A) Intermittent Gastrointestinal blood loss, (B) Iron malabsorption, (C) Inability to Tolerate oral Iron, (D) Patients on Erythropoietin Therapy
Answer is D. Ans. is D Patients on Erythropoietin Therapy o Intravenous iron therapy is indicated in excessive continuing blood loss whose level of continued bleeding usually gastrointestinal or menstrual exceeds the ability of the gastrointestinal tract to absorb iron. Indications for parenteral iron supplementation o Inability to tolerate oral iron o Excessive continuing blood loss o Inflammatory bowel disease o Chronic kidney disease o Cancer patients o Heart failure