Introduction. Different ferric and ferrous iron preparations can be used as oral iron supplements. Our aim was to compare the effects of oral ferric and ferrous iron therapies in women with iron deficiency anaemia. Methods. The present study included 104 women diagnosed with iron deficiency anaemia after evaluation. In the evaluations performed to detect the aetiology underlying the iron defici...

A recent paper from this hospital (Morrison, Bass, Davis, Hobson, Madsen and Masters, 1957) reported that about one half of the children under 2 years of age admitted because of acute respiratory infections had haemoglobin concentrations below 11 g. per 100 ml. The purposes of the present investigation were to determine the distribution of the haemoglobin levels in children between 3 months and...

Aspiration of foreign bodies occurs mainly in children and elderly people. When the foreign body is a tablet, this event can be more severe due to the local release of active molecules. We observed spontaneously regressing bronchial necrosis and granuloma due to the aspiration of a tablet of ferrous sulphate. We stress the need to consider the possibility of aspiration of a tablet in elderly pa...

Background: Anaemia has significant impact on health of the fetus as well that mother. Increased need iron during pregnancy especially after 2nd trimester makes supplementation mandatory. Ferrous ascorbate is known to exist intact inside gastrointestinal tract due stable chelation with ascorbate. This compound does not dissociate any food inhibitors. The aim study effectiveness Ascorbate and su...