title: Ferrous Sulfate (Ferro-Liquid)
text: ORAL
  1. Iron prophylaxis in preterm infants <37 weeks and/or birthweight <2.5 Kg.5-8
  Iron can be from the diet or medicinal iron
  2 mg/kg/day – can be started from 2 weeks of age and continue up to 6–12 months of age8-9
  Consider delaying/temporarily ceasing iron with (1) multiple transfusions, particularly >100 mL/kg/day, (2) serum ferritin >350 microgram/L or (3) transfusion in the previous 7 days
  2. Supplementation during erythropoietin therapy
  Oral: 3–6 mg/kg/day10-11
  IV: 1 mg/kg/day12-13
  IV dose of 20 mg/kg/dose can be given weekly13
  3. Treatment of iron deficiency anaemia8
  3–6 mg/kg/day and to continue for 3 months after correction of anaemia8
  IV
  Supplementation on parenteral nutrition >4 weeks
  Preterm infants: 200–250 microgram/kg/day14 or 1400 microgram/kg weekly13
  Term infants: 50–100 microgram/kg/day14 or 700 microgram/kg weekly13
  Supplementation during erythropoietin therapy
  1 mg/kg/day12
  Treatment of iron deficiency anaemia:
  Total iron dose (mg) = (12.5 – observed Hb (g/dL) x body weight (kg) x 3.4 x 1.415
  Oral iron must be ceased 24 hours before IV iron and should not be given until at least 7 days after last parenteral administration16
  IV iron must be prescribed as mg of elemental iron (e.g. as iron polymaltose) in mL of sodium chloride 0.9% over 4 hours (see Preparation below)
  A test dose of 1 mL can be given over 10 minutes prior to the infusion
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