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Iain C. Macdougall is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medical studies, particularly within hematology, genetics, nephrology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The main fields of study addressed by Macdougall encompass medicine with a significant concentration on hematology and related disciplines.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Blood transfusion and management
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Iain C. Macdougall include:

  • Intravenous ferric derisomaltose in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency in the UK (IRONMAN): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Preoperative intravenous iron to treat anaemia before major abdominal surgery (PREVENTT): a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Controversies in optimal anemia management: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference, 2021, Kidney International
  • Intravenous iron: a framework for changing the management of iron deficiency, 2020, The Lancet Haematology
  • Intravenous Iron Dosing and Infection Risk in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the PIVOTAL Trial, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Frequent co-authors in collaboration with Macdougall include:

  • Philip A. Kalra
  • Sunil Bhandari
  • Ian Ford
  • David C. Wheeler
  • Stefan D. Anker

The scientist's work has been published in multiple venues with consistent contributions in:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia

    Tilman B. Drüeke;Francesco Locatelli;Naomi Clyne;Kai-Uwe Eckardt

  • Iron deficiency anaemia

    Anthony Lopez;Patrice Cacoub;Iain C Macdougall;Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet

  • Targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factors for the Treatment of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

    Francesco Locatelli;Steven Fishbane;Geoffrey A. Block;Iain C. Macdougall

  • Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) anemia work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for anemia in chronic kidney disease

    John McMurray;Patrick Parfrey;John W. Adamson;Pedro Aljama

  • KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Jjv McMurray;PS Parfrey;JW Adamson;P Aljama

  • Pharmacokinetics of Novel Erythropoiesis Stimulating Protein Compared with Epoetin Alfa in Dialysis Patients

    Iain C. Macdougall;Stephen J. Gray;Orlaith Elston;Cormac Breen

  • A randomized controlled study of iron supplementation in patients treated with erythropoietin

    Iain C. Macdougall;Beatriz Tucker;Joanne Thompson;Charles R.V. Tomson

  • Anemia With Erythropoietin Deficiency Occurs Early in Diabetic Nephropathy

    Deborah R. Bosman;Andrea S. Winkler;Joanne T. Marsden;Iain C. Macdougall

  • Iron deficiency across chronic inflammatory conditions: International expert opinion on definition, diagnosis, and management

    Maria Domenica Cappellini;Josep Comin-Colet;Angel de Francisco;Axel Dignass

  • Iron deficiency and heart failure: diagnostic dilemmas and therapeutic perspectives

    Ewa A. Jankowska;Stephan von Haehling;Stefan D. Anker;Iain C. Macdougall

  • Guideline for the laboratory diagnosis of functional iron deficiency.

    D. Wayne Thomas;Rod F. Hinchliffe;Carol Briggs;Iain C. Macdougall

  • Intravenous Iron in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis.

    Iain C. Macdougall;Claire White;Stefan D. Anker;Sunil Bhandari

  • Effect of Ferric Carboxymaltose on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency.

    Dirk J. van Veldhuisen;Piotr Ponikowski;Peter van der Meer;Marco Metra

  • Erythropoietin resistance: the role of inflammation and pro‐inflammatory cytokines

    Iain C. Macdougall;Angela C. Cooper

  • Iron management in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Iain C. Macdougall;Andreas J. Bircher;Kai Uwe Eckardt;Gregorio T. Obrador

  • Long-term cardiorespiratory effects of amelioration of renal anaemia by erythropoietin.

    I.C. Macdougall;G.A. Coles;J.D. Williams;M.E. Davies

  • FIND-CKD: a randomized trial of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose versus oral iron in patients with chronic kidney disease and iron deficiency anaemia

    Iain C. Macdougall;Andreas H. Bock;Fernando Carrera;Kai-Uwe Eckardt

  • Detection of functional iron deficiency during erythropoietin treatment: a new approach.

    I. C. Macdougall;I. Cavill;B. Hulme;B. Bain

  • Erythropoietins: A common mechanism of action

    Steve Elliott;Elizabeth Pham;Iain C. Macdougall

  • Iron defi ciency anaemia

    Anthony Lopez;Patrice Cacoub;Iain C Macdougall;Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Kai-Uwe Eckardt Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Francesco Locatelli
Francesco Locatelli University of Pavia
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London
Adrian Covic
Adrian Covic Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Rona Moss-Morris
Rona Moss-Morris King's College London
David Goldsmith
David Goldsmith St Thomas' Hospital
Joseph Chilcot
Joseph Chilcot King's College London
Tilman B. Drüeke
Tilman B. Drüeke University of Paris-Saclay
Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
John J.V. McMurray
John J.V. McMurray University of Glasgow

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