IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA (IDA) - Alberta Doctors

IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA (IDA)

Clinical Practice Guideline | March 2018

OBJECTIVE Alberta clinicians (specifically primary care and emergency department physicians) will be able to diagnose iron deficiency anemia (IDA), treat using oral and parenteral iron supplementation and provide ongoing management; will understand why red blood cell transfusion (RBC) may be harmful and is only occasionally required for the treatment of IDA.

TARGET POPULATION Patients >5 years of age, hemodynamically stable, seen in emergency departments and primary care settings

EXCLUSIONS Patients 5 to 10g/L in four weeks

Correction of IDA should be observed within two to four months if appropriate iron dosages are administered and underlying cause of iron deficiency is addressed.

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