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Iron sucrose must only be administered IV either by slow injection or by infusion. For IV infusion, give intermittently in Sodium chloride 0.9%,dilute 100mg in up to 100ml infusion fluid; give 25mgover 15 minutes initially, then give at a rate not exceeding3.33 mg/minute. Hemodialysis dependent-chronic kidney disease: Dose may be administered undiluted by slow IV injector over 2-5 min, or it may be diluted in a maximum of 100 ml NS and administered by IV infusion over a period of anent 15 min. Non-dialysis dependent-chronic kidney disease: Slowly administer IV injection undiluted over 2-5 min. Peritoneal dialysis dependent-chronic kidney disease: Infuse over 2.5 hours 14 days later. The iron sucrose dose should be diluted in a maximum of 250 ml of NS.
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