Does oral iron improve daily haemoglobin rise in post-natal women with iron-deficiency anaemia compared to other methods?
Oral iron is an effective and satisfactory treatment for iron-deficiency anaemia in the puerperium, comparable to other methods.
In the post-natal group the daily haemoglobin rise was fairly equal with all three methods, and was more than one would expect with the dosage given, a matter at present under investigation. It will be seen that treatment with oral iron is as satisfactory as by the other two methods, and this method can be used in all cases of iron-deficiency anaemia in the puerperium in the expectation of a good and rapid response.
D W Barritt (Sat,) studied this question.
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