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#84: Anemia, Iron Deficiency, IV iron, and Tony Stark

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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The New Definition of Iron Restricted Erythropoiesis

A ferritin less than 15 is considered diagnostic for iron deficiency. You also need to look at the transfer and saturation activity. Even if someone has a high ferritin, you check the soluble transfer and receptor activity. If that's really high, that can suggest they're actually truly iron deficient.

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