title: [Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of secondary iron overload in patients with congenital anemia].
abstract: In Germany and Central Europe, congenital disorders leading to secondary hemochromatosis are rare. The majority of these patients are treated in peripheral medical institutions. As a consequence, the experience of each institution in the treatment of secondary hemochromatosis in patients with congenital anemia is limited. Recent developments concerning new chelating agents, their combination for intensified chelation and new possibilities to diagnose and monitor iron overload have important consequences for the management of patients with secondary hemochromatosis and increase its complexity enormously. Therefore, the development of a guideline for rational and efficient diagnostics and treatment was necessary. The new guideline was developed within a formal consensus process and finally approved by a consensus conference with participants from both the pediatric and adult German hematology societies (GPOH and DGHO). Apart from general information and recommendations, the guideline contains 9 consensus statements on diagnostics (iron status, siderotic complications, chelator side-effects), the start of chelation, indications for intensified chelation, iron elimination in specific disorders, and iron elimination after stem cell transplantation. Here, these consensus statements are presented and discussed in detail. For the complete text of the guideline, please visit the AWMF homepage at http://www.leitlinien.net .
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Hämatologie und Onkologie, Ulm.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cario
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jarisch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meerpohl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D029503:Anemia, Diamond-Blackfan / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D000742:Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D005858:Germany; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D005293:Ferritins; D003676:Deferoxamine