Abolish anemia, and iron deficiency w/tips on IV iron therapy from real life iron man, Michael Auerbach, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine. Topics include oral versus IV iron therapy, safety of IV iron, ferritin cutoffs, and how to diagnosis/ treat iron deficiency in patients with chronic inflammation, chronic kidney disease, pregnancy, heart failure, and more! Take our Self Assessment Test Here. Images by Beth Garbitelli; Written and produced by Justin Berk, MD and Matthew Watto, MD. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 Disclaimer 00:35 Intro 01:27 Listener feedback 02:35 Guest bio 04:49 Basics of diagnosing iron deficiency, ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor, a new definition 07:09 Getting to know our guest 08:27 Book recommendations 09:33 Brief history of iron deficiency and IV iron 15:20 Iron deficiency from menorrhagia 19:55 IV iron cures symptoms of iron deficiency, pica immediately 20:40 Iron and neurologic symptoms, restless leg syndrome 23:30 Iron restricted erythropoiesis, anemia of chronic inflammation 26:02 Overview of iron absorption 28:35 Iron deficiency without anemia, treatment 33:52 Time to improvement with iron therapy 34:45 Indications for IV iron 38:09 Comparing the oral iron formulations 40:05 Iron deficiency and pregnancy 42:54 Diagnosis of iron deficiency 46:20 Should IV iron be given to patients getting blood transfusion 48:40 Is iron safe during active infection? 49:17 Iron in congestive heart failure 51:50 Questions from social media 53:35 Minor infusion reaction from IV iron 54:35 Comparison of different IV iron formulations 57:35 Take home points 60:35 Outro Tags: iv, iron, ferrous, sulfate, ferric, sucrose, dextran, anemia, deficiency, oral, dosing, fatigue, pregnancy, ckd, heart, failure, chf, bleed, blood, loss, ferritin, transferrin, erythropoiesis, esa, transfusion, reaction, infusion, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, foam, foamed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student