Interpreting iron studies
RATIONAL TESTINGInterpreting iron studiesAlison U Kelly specialty registrar in chemical pathology 1, Stephen T McSorley clinical researchfellow 2, Prinesh Patel general practitioner 3, Dinesh Talwar consultant clinical scientist 11Department of Biochemistry, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; 2Academic Unit of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow,Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; 3Alva Medical Practice, Alva, Stirlingshire, UKA 63 year old woman visits her doctor with a three month historyof fatigue and generalised joint pains. Her medical history isunremarkable and she reports no recent stress, infection, orweight loss.
Interpreting iron studies ... 10.1136/bmj.j2513 (Published 2017 June 15) Page 1 of 6 Practice PRACTICE. What you need to know •Iron overload typically results in a high ferritin and transferrin saturation •Iron deficiency is best assessed using serum ferritin, which is low in the absence of inflammation •Ferritin levels can be elevated by ...
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