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Hemochromatosis Aka: Hemochromatosis, Bronze diabetes II. Epidemiology: Hereditary Hemochromatosis Clinically important hereditary Hemochromatosis is rare Only 10% of C282Y Homozygotes manifest disease (remainder are asymptomatic) Cirrhosis develops in 1-2% […]

Dietary Iron Aka: Dietary Iron II. Background See Iron Supplementation for pediatric requirements Typical iron adult intake: 15-18 g/day Typical iron absorption: 1.5 to 1.8 mg/day Only 5-10% […]

Total Iron Binding Capacity Aka: Total Iron Binding Capacity, TIBC II. Measurement Transferrin carries 2 iron atoms per molecule Transferrin is normally 30% bound to iron TIBC reflects a […]

Serum Iron Aka: Serum Iron II. Measurement Measures Transferrin-associated ferric ion Related measures Total Iron Binding Capacity Percent Transferrin Saturation III. Interpretation: Normal Range: 50 – 175 ug/dl […]

Iron Saturation Aka: Iron Saturation, Serum Transferrin Saturation, Transferrin Saturation, Transferrin Iron Saturation, Serum Iron to TIBC Ratio II. Calculation TFS = 100 x Serum Iron (ug/dl) / TIBC (ug/dl) III. Normal Range: 15% […]

Iron Supplementation Aka: Iron Supplementation, Iron Replacement, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Ferrous Gluconate, Feosol, Fer-In-Sol, Ferrous Fumarate, Hemocyte, Ferric Compounds II. Indications Iron Deficiency Anemia III. Precautions Iron supplements in overdosage may be lethal in children […]

Iron Ingestion Aka: Iron Ingestion, Iron Poisoning, Acute Iron Toxicity, Acute Iron Poisoning II. Precautions Iron toxicity after acute ingestion is difficult to gauge Iron supplements in overdosage may be lethal […]

Parenteral Iron Aka: Parenteral Iron, Iron Dextran, Imferon, Sodium Ferric Gluconate, Ferrlecit, Iron Sucrose Injection, Venofer, Ferumoxytol II. Indications Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia and iron malabsorption Chronic bleeding not corrected by other means Oral iron […]