Symptomatic hypophosphataemia after intravenous iron therapy: an underrated adverse reaction

Iron (ferric carboxymaltose) infusion therapy is used to treat severe iron deficiency which is not responding to the first-line oral iron therapy. However, it can also cause severe renal wasting of phosphate resulting in severe hypophosphataemia in some patients. Despite the growing number of case r...

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Main Authors: Eseoghene Ifie, Samson O Oyibo, Hareesh Joshi, Olugbenro O Akintade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2019-08-01
Series:Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports
Online Access:https://edm.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/edm/2019/1/EDM19-0065.xml