Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

“Iron deficiency anemia is just a later stage of iron deficiency,” says Dr. Casey O’Connell, a hematologist and an associate professor of Clinical Medicine at Keck Medicine of the University ...

But what exactly do those words mean? Yes, it’s possible to experience iron deficiency, but not have iron deficiency anemia. “Iron deficiency anemia is just a later stage of iron deficiency,” says Dr.

Maintaining iron levels within the body is important at all stages of life, but is particularly vital during pregnancy ... Foods and beverages, fortified with iron, could help to reduce iron ...

We agree with Dr. Ostendorf that the lower reference limit of ferritin that is normally used is probably already in the range of an initial stage of iron deficiency, at least if iron deficiency is ...

Iron deficiency may be linked to non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease and mortality in patients without anemia, according to results of a nationwide cohort study.While iron is a key component ...