Diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia in hospital patients: Use of the reticulocyte haemoglobin content to differentiate iron deficiency anaemia from anaemia of chronic disease.

Autor: Schapkaitz E; Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital National Health Laboratory Service Complex, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. elise.schapkaitz@nhls.ac.za., Buldeo S, Mahlangu JN
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2015 Nov 20; Vol. 106 (1), pp. 53-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 20.
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.9934
Abstrakt: The diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia in hospital patients with chronic infections and inflammation presents a challenge. Recently laboratory tests such as the reticulocyte haemoglobin content, which are independent of infection and inflammation, have become available for routine diagnostic use.
Databáze: MEDLINE