Review Article

Intravenous Iron Administration and Hypophosphatemia in Clinical Practice

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Iron sucrose Iron carboxymaltose

52 78
Men/women 17/35 24/54
Active cancer 7 16
Chronic kidney disease 7 10
History of bariatric surgery 5 15
Inflammatory bowel disease 5 4
Gynecologic losses 3 7
Anemia 40 70
Iron deficiency without anemia 6 3
Fatigue 23% 29%
Asymptomatic 76% 67%
Phosphate level <0.81 mmol/L 22% 51%
Phosphate level <0.32 mmol/L 0 13%