Author Question: Despite adherence to oral iron therapy of 2 weeks, your elderly patient with IDA demonstrates a drop ... (Read 65 times)

asd123 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Despite adherence to oral iron therapy of 2 weeks, your elderly patient with IDA demonstrates a drop in his hemoglobin from 8.4 to 7.4. He is complaining of fatigue, dyspnea, and heart racing. You would change his therapy by which of the following

A. Schedule patient for outpatient parenteral iron infusion
B. Switch to a different form of oral therapy
C. Schedule patient for outpatient blood transfusion
D. Make no changes until evaluated by GI specialist

Question 2

You are prescribing oral iron therapy for a patient with IDA. In teaching your patient about iron therapy, all of the following instructions should be reviewed except

A. Iron is best taken on an empty stomach one hour before meals
B. Meat, fish, poultry, beans, and green leafy vegetables are good dietary sources of iron
C. Adding vitamin D daily enhances absorption of iron
D. Common GI side effects of iron therapy include constipation, nausea, and black stools