Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Iron Deficiencies

Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence of the effectiveness of treatments for iron deficiencies.

Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   Using psychological treatments to help people manage thalassaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Thalassaemia is a group of genetic blood disorders. Blood transfusion is needed to treat severe forms of the condition, but this results in a high level of iron in the body. This excess iron is usually removed by drugs through 'chelation therapy'. Other...
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Iron supplements taken one, two or three times a week for preventing anaemia and its consequences in menstruating women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Approximately one out of three non-pregnant women of reproductive age are anaemic worldwide. Although causes of anaemia are multiple, it very often results from sustained iron deficiency. Being anaemic makes women more likely to suffer infections and to...
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Treatments for anaemia in pregnancy thought to be due to iron deficiency
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When the blood has insufficient red cells, or the red cells carry insufficient haemoglobin to deliver adequate oxygen to the tissues, this is called anaemia. There is normally a reduction in the haemoglobin concentrations in the mother's blood during pr...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Enteral iron supplementation in preterm and low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review examined whether providing iron supplementation is beneficial for preterm and low birth weight infants. The potential benefits included improvements in the level of red blood cells and stored iron in their blood. In the longer term, it was t...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Iron supplements for children living in malaria-endemic countries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children commonly develop anaemia (low haemoglobin) after birth. Anaemia is associated with several ill effects, including hindering motor development and learning skills, and impaired immunity. Children are therefore commonly given iron supplements to ...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Deferasirox for managing transfusional iron overload in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder. An increasing number of people show secondary iron overload due to repeated red blood cell transfusions. Since the human body has no means of actively getting rid of excessive iron, drug treatment (iron chelato...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Deferasirox for managing iron overload in people with myelodysplastic syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Repeated red blood cell transfusions can lead to relevant secondary iron overload in some people with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) particularly of lower risk groups over the course of their disease. Drugs to remove the excess iron (iron chelation ther...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Iron supplementation for the treatment of breath-holding attacks in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Iron may reduce the frequency and severity of breath-holding attacks (or spells) in children but more research is needed to determine the extent of this effect. Breath-holding attacks are a common disabling phenomenon during early childhood. They are di...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Giving iron supplements to improve outcomes in children with HIV/AIDS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia is one of the most common haematologic problem found in children with HIV/AIDS, second only to depletion of CD4/helper T lymphocytes. Anaemia in HIV-infected children can be caused by direct effects of HIV, other prevalent infections and opportu...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Treatment for women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Erythropoietin, a hormone, may help to treat women who develop anaemia after giving birth, but there may be rare adverse events. Women with anaemia after childbirth may feel tired and breathless and are at risk of infection. Traditional treatments inclu...
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Iron-chelating agents for treating malaria
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Malaria is a major health problem that particularly affects people living in sub-Saharan Africa and other tropical parts of the world. It often causes considerable morbidity and high mortality, especially in children under five, and is passed by mosquit...
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Iron therapy for improving psychomotor development and cognitive function in children under three with iron deficiency anaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It has been suggested that a lack of iron in young children affects their physical and intellectual development and therefore those who are anaemic for this reason should be treated. The evidence here does not suggest that iron given by mouth or by inje...
Date:   Aug 2000

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