Intravenous Iron to Treat Anemia becomes an Essential Service to Conserve Blood during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Review Article blood every two seconds [4]. Perhaps this demand can be mitigated by wider adoption of recommended transfusion triggers. The American Red Cross issued an open letter projecting severe constraints on their inventory of red blood cells [1] and has encouraged blood donation at local blood banks amidst blood drive cancellations. Blood donors are critical to our medical infrastructure and there is growing concern that as the COVID-19 pandemic persists, potential donors, blood bank staff and resources will be affected [2]. Furthermore, although there have been no reported incidences of blood

Successful Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia with Ferric Carboxymaltose in an Elderly Patient with Multiple Comorbidities and COVID-19

“…Our patient had previously received an emergency transfusion prior to admission, which improved Hb levels. Blood supplies have been severely interrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic [3,11]. Even if serum ferritin levels were considered in the average range in our patient, ongoing therapy for iron was deemed necessary as transferrin saturation was < 20%, which is a recently proposed threshold used to diagnose iron-deficiency anemia during inflammation [12].…”