The iron infusion is usually given 2-3 times a week - but not every day! A standard dose is usually 100-200mg of iron. The drug dosage - Ganzoni equation In our iron deficiency calculator, we use the Ganzoni equation, which is a widely-known formula to assess the patient's deficienc...
Intravenous (IV) iron therapy, together with ESAs, forms the backbone of anaemia treatment in ESKD due to its convenience (infusion during dialysis sessions), superiority over oral preparations (poorly tolerated) and cost savings of approximately 20% on expensive ESA molecules [1,3,4]. Iron ove...