Criteria for identifying a risk group for iron deficiency anemia from among healthy women of reproductive age
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The article presents the results of a survey of healthy women of reproductive age with the definition of criteria for identifying a risk group for anemia from among them. The criteria were the indicators of peripheral blood: a decrease in the concentration of Hb (below 120.0 g/l) of blood and hematocrit, an expansion of RDW, a decrease in the volume of red blood cells (MCV), as well as a decrease in the amount of serum iron, ferritin, total protein that do not reach the lower limit of normal and the presence of a history of diagnosis of somatoform dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. The application of the identified criteria for the early diagnosis of iron deficiency will allow effective timely preventive measures to prevent the development of iron deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age.
Institutions: Voronezh State University, Tver State Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403799943