Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is particularly common in the pediatric population, with 40-60% of pediatric patients with IBD meeting criteria for anemia (Aljomah et al, 2018). A number of studies have examined the use of both IV and oral iron treatments to treat anemia in IBD, but few have examined the safety and efficacy of these treatments in children and how they impact a patient’s health-related quality of life. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 79 pediatric patients admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital for management of their IBD. 48 of these patients received IV iron, 13 received oral iron, and 12 were not treated with either. Treatment with IV iron resulted in a statistically significant increase in hemoglobin of 1.75g/dL+/-1.4g/dL (mean +/- SD) from admission to the time of their first post-discharge visit (p=0.0001). Prescription of oral iron at the time of discharge did not result in a significant increase in hemoglobin over the same interval (p=0.481). Though there was a positive trend, IV iron treatment did not result in a significant change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurements as measured by the IMPACT-III questionnaire (p=0.06). Our study suggests that IDA is common in patients admitted for management of their IBD, IV iron is more efficacious in raising hemoglobin, and that larger studies will be needed to more fully demonstrate the impact of effective iron repletion on overall quality of life in these patients.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/36587 |
| Date | 13 June 2019 |
| Creators | Lyons, Christopher Kyle |
| Contributors | Young, Aaron W., Rufo, Paul A. |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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