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Does Intravenous Iron Improve Survival and Physical Function and Reduce Heart Failure Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?

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Key takeaways

Low iron is common in kidney disease, but current guidelines only give iron when a person is also anemic, meaning low in red blood cells. This article argues that iron given through a vein may also help people with kidney disease who have heart failure, and it sketches how a trial should test survival, physical function and heart failure hospital stays. It is a proposal and a review of what is already known. There are no new results yet.

Who did this work

Neuen BL · Levin A

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Aug 25
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42640172/