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When do you avoid or stop iron agents in patients with anemia and end stage kidney disease?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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I don't give iron if patients have hemoglobin over 12. There is no reason to give iron if hemoglobin is over the desired range even if the patient seems iron deficient on labs. I also do not give iron if the serum ferritin is > 800-1000. I think at this point the risk of iron overload outweighs the ...

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