Abstract
The objective is to investigate the effectiveness of intravenous (IV) iron infusion in increasing hemoglobin levels in gestational iron deficiency anemia (GIDA) patients in a tertiary-care hospital in Dubai emirate, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is a retrospective cohort study of GIDA patients who were exposed to IV iron infusion supplementation. Study data of 40 cases aged 25-45 in a tertiary-care hospital in the UAE between 2018 and 2019 were analyzed. Variables accounted for were maternal age, age of gestation when IV iron was administered, and IV iron dose. The average hemoglobin level before the intervention was 9 g/dL, and the average change after the intervention was 10.4 g/dL with a mean of 1.4 g/dL difference between before and after the intervention. Supplementation of IV iron infusion in GIDA patients was seen to have increased the hemoglobin level after the intervention; however, the increase did not meet the recommended range of 12-16 g/dL.
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