Postoperative High-Dose Intravenous Iron Sucrose with Low Dose Erythropoietin Therapy after Total Hip Replacement
Jiyeol Yoon, Sungmin Kim, Soo Chan Lee, Hongsub Lim
Korean J Intern Med. 2010;25(4):454-457. Published online November 27, 2010
Erythropoietin combined with parenteral iron sucrose therapy is an alternative to blood transfusion in anemic patients. It was shown to be effective in surgical patients in several previous studies when used in conjunction with other methods. However, there are no guidelines about safety limits i..
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