Table 2.

Clinical indications for intravenous iron therapy.

Post-gastrectomy/bariatric surgery
Anemia of chronic kidney disease
Intestinal malabsorption syndromes
Anemia associated to inflammatory diseases
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Anemia of cancer
Intolerance to oral iron or non-compliance to an oral regimen
Iron-refractory iron deficiency anemias
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) and angiodysplasia due to other causes (in cases when oral iron is not tolerated or insufficient for treatment)