Case Report: High-Dose Ferric Carboxymaltose as an Antianaemic Agent to Avoid Haemotransfusions after Total Hip Replacement
Konkayeva M. Kadralinova A. Zhanarystan N. Akhatov N. Konkayev A.
August 2024Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Medicina (Lithuania)
2024#60Issue 8
This article highlights a case of high-dose ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) for the treatment of perioperative iron deficiency anaemia in a 39-year-old patient with dysplastic coxarthrosis. The patient was admitted routinely for a total hip replacement of the left hip joint. She had been suffering from pain, lameness, and restriction of movement in her left hip joint for the past several years. The patient was admitted with initial iron deficiency anaemia of a medium severity (Hgb—96.5 g/L, RBC—3.97 × 1012/L). Laboratory tests were taken to determine the iron deficiency, and transfusion readiness was submitted. The patient received ferric carboxymaltose infusion before surgery. The intraoperative blood loss was—100 mL with an operation duration of 50 min. On the first postoperative day, haemoglobin decreased to 86 g/L. No haemoglobin decrease was observed in the postoperative period, and 92 g/L was the amount of haemoglobin at the time of hospital discharge. The optimal dose for the treatment of perioperative anaemia has not been established; some studies recommend ferric carboxymaltose at a dose of 15 to 20 mg/kg and a maximum of 1000 mg once on the first day after surgery. The uniqueness of this case report is that a high dose of ferric carboxymaltose (1340 mg) during the preoperative period was applied. No side effects such as hypophosphatemia were reported. We believe that, in this clinical case, the patient managed to avoid large intraoperative blood loss and transfusions by using high doses of ferric carboxymaltose.
case report , ferric carboxymaltose , high dose , iron supplements , preoperative anaemia , total hip replacement
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, National Scientific Center of Traumatology and Orthopaedics Named after Academician N.D. Batpenov, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Astana Medical University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
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