Recommendations

• In patients with an Hb level ≤10 g/dL who are hemodynamically stable and asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, oral iron 100-200 mg/day should continue for up to 3 months, and complete blood count and serum ferritin values should be checked at the end of treatment.

• IV iron therapy should be considered in patients who cannot tolerate or do not respond to oral iron therapy, and have significant symptoms or moderate-severe/severe anemia.

• The physician should start IV iron therapy whenever the Hb value is less than or equal to 9 because this is considered as severe anemia.

• The therapeutic iron dose should be determined on an individual patient basis and should achieve an Hb level ≥11 g/dL.