Bench-to-bedside review: iron metabolism in critically ill patients.
Iron kinetics and metabolism are most critical issues in the care of intensive care unit patients but also postoperatively and in any situation where acute inflammatory reactions occur. The problem is that in many patients severe anemia develops due to inhibition of endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) production and iron availability but nobody really knows whether and […]
Ferrous fumarate deteriorated plasma antioxidant status in patients with Crohn disease.
There are a few who disregard the importance of free oxygen radicals as a cause of tissue injury and of DNA damage in inflammatory bowel diseases (potentially leading to the development of colorectal cancer). There are also a few who disbelieve in the intolerance of oral ferrous iron in inflammatory bowel diseases. As Erichsen and […]
