Lactoferrin Versus Ferrous Sulfate in Iron-deficiency During Pregnancy

Launched by AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY · Nov 28, 2018

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Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women with single fetus.
• • Second trimester (14-20weeks of gestation).
• • Normal Hemoglobin level: more than10g\\dl.
• • Serum ferritin less than 15 mcg / L
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Other type than iron-deficiency anemia (thalassemia, hemolytic anemia ... etc.)
• • Any other chronic diseases (bronchial asthma, renal or hepatic, hematological or cardiovascular diseases ... etc.)
• • Having hypersensitivity to iron preparations.
• • Treatment with any other iron preparation in the last month.
• • History of peptic ulcer, oesophagitis or hiatal hernia.
• • Medical disorders with pregnancy.
• • Need for alternative parenteral route to blood transfusion when rapid increase is required (perioperative anemia-severe anemia in late pregnancy-postpartum anemia) .
• • Bleeding in early pregnancy.
• • Refusal to participate in the study.
• • Family history of thalassemia-sickle cell anemia or malabsorption syndrome.
• • Recent blood transfusion.
• • Inflammatory bowel disease as intolerance of oral therapy but tolerated to parenteral route.