Papers/PMID:24990381

Oral or parenteral iron supplementation to reduce deferral, iron deficiency and/or anaemia in blood donors.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2014The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

iron(2+)

What it reported

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What moved

1 finding

iron(2+) — increases blood haemoglobin concentration
Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×4
“Iron-supplemented donors also show elevated haemoglobin and iron stores.”
Quoted verbatim from Oral or parenteral iron supplementation to reduce deferral, iron deficiency and/or anaemia in blood donors..
Study

meta-analysis
Population

Healthy blood donors in randomised trials of iron supplementation versus placebo or no supplementation
Oral or parenteral iron supplementation to reduce deferral, iron deficiency and/or anaemia in blood donors.2014PMID:2499038110.1002/14651858.CD009532.pub2Permalink