CellWell record HH-434894
Impact of Optimizing the Lower Limit of Normal for Ferritin on Iron Deficiency Diagnosis and Treatment Patterns: A Pre and Post‐Intervention Study Using EHR Data
A. Abdelhay; Mouna Reghis; Tamer Salhab; Nagesh Jadhav; Michelle Sholzberg; P. Kouides
American journal of hematology/oncology · 2026
In plain language
In a retrospective cohort of about 50,000 patients, raising the ferritin lower limit to 30 ng/mL increased iron deficiency diagnoses, especially in women, and was followed by higher ferritin at 3-6 months.
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