All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Objective : To study the efficacy and safety of intravenous iron sucrose in the treatment of pregnant women of iron deficiency anaemia in comparison to intramuscular iron dextran. Methods : Sixty pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia were recruited for the study. Patients were selected randomly and they received calculated dose of intravenous iron surcrose once a week and intra muscular iron descron once a week for a period of 6 weeks. Patients were assesed for haemoglobin, serum iron , total iron binding capacity and serum ferritin.