Haemoglobin check for response to oral iron

in the first 4 weeks

tests per year, UK, within the first 4 weeks of oral iron

“We recommend that patients should be monitored in the first 4 weeks for an Hb response to oral iron, and treatment should be continued for a period of around 3 months after normalisation of the Hb level”

Snook et al., British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia in adults, Gut 2021, 2021-09

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Repeated haemoglobin results during iron replacement.

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