Efficiency and safety of varying the frequency of whole blood donation (INTERVAL): a randomised trial of 45 000 donors.
A sufficient blood supply enables life-saving transfusions for many clinical situations, mostly in trauma and oncologic patients. Blood donor eligibility criteria differ in European countries and the US. As blood […]
Iron deficiency: an ominous sign in patients with systolic chronic heart failure.
In this prospective observational study, Jankowska and colleagues evaluated and followed 546 patients with stable systolic chronic heart failure (CHF) and NYHA class I-IV, for the effect of iron deficiency […]
Efficacy of a low-dose intravenous iron sucrose regimen in peritoneal dialysis patients.
The authors evaluated a low dose iron substitution scheme for the effectiveness in patients with peritoneal dialysis: 50 mg iron sucrose every other week is effective in patients with ferritin […]