The Clinical Takeaway: Iron deficiency in patients with comorbidities
In this episode:
– Oral iron absorption in patients with chronic inflammatory conditions is very poor
– Oncology patients are often iron deficient, but seldom treated
– Heart failure patients will benefit greatly from IV iron if deficient
– Diagnosing functional iron deficiency without anaemia is easy: normal CRP, Ferritin 100 and a Transferrin saturation less than 20%
Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator
Total time: 49 mins
Guest: Dr Patrick Coleman, Nephrologist and General Medicine Specialist; Northern Beaches Hospital, Frenchs Forest
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