Iron-deficiency anemia resistant to iron therapy.
Iron-deficiency anemia resistant to iron administration is a common clinical problem. This paper analyzes the causes of primary failure of iron therapy. From a practical point of view, the main recommendation is that a physician should not be satisfied with simplistic explanations for "refractoriness". In fact, failure to respond to treatment is always the result of a diagnostic or therapeutic error which must be corrected in order to achieve the natural result of all substitution therapies: replenishment.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy.
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D000042:Absorption; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies
D007501:Iron