
Use of Cosmofer in Routine Practice in the Hemodialysis Department in Saint Anna Hospital Sofia and Behavior in Case of Adverse Medication Effects Manifestation (Pages 1-6)
Krasimira Atanasova Ashikova
Hemodialysis Department, St. Anna Hospital Plc, Sofia, Bulgaria
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2310-984X.2015.03.01.1
Abstract: Background: CosmoFer® solution for injection contains stable aqueous solution of iron(III)-hydroxide dextran complex, which is equivalent to the physiological ferritin.
CosmoFer® has been used in the Hemodialysis Department/HDD/ at the Sofia St. Anna Hospital since June 2012.
Objective: Topresent the use of the medication in the routine practice in the Department.
Materials and Methods: The use of the medication in the routine practice for a period of 1 year and 4 months in 63 chroniodialysis patients was presented. Clinical cases with manifestations of adverse effects were reported.
Results and conclusions: CosmoFer® showed very good effects when used once or twice per month of renal anemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.
- The clinical cases presented are indicative of patients with severe clinical status and polymorbid patients.
- Comfort and safe administration are achieved in slow intravenous infusion of CosmoFer®
dissolved in 100ml physiological solution.
Keywords: Anemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic hemodialysis treatment, hemoglobin level, serum iron. Read more