Iron overload Flashcards
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Iron overload
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Severe tissue iron overload can occur in aplastic and other refractory anaemias, mainly as the result of repeated blood transfusion. Iron overload associated with haemochromatosis can be treated with repeated venesection. Venesection may also be used for patients who have received multiple transfusions and whose bone marrow has recovered. If venesection CI, give Desferrioxamine mesylate (enhanced by administration of ascorbic acid)
