Natalia Kovtun: Higher Ferritin Cutoffs Now Define Iron Deficiency
Natalia Kovtun, Internist at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville and Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center, shared a post on X about a recnet article by Jacquelyn M Powers et al., published in Blood Advances, adding:
“Higher ferritin cutoffs now define iron deficiency:
- 20 ng/mL or less for children 9 months–4 years;
- 30 ng/mL or less for general adults and menstruating or pregnant individuals;
- 50 ng/mL or less for high-risk groups (heavy menstrual bleeding, pregnant with anemia).”
Title: American Society of Hematology 2026 guidelines for diagnosis of iron deficiency
Authors: Jacquelyn M Powers, Ming Yeong Lim, Maureen O Achebe, Imo J Akpan, Michael Auerbach, Megan C Brown, Maria Paula Cardenas, Caroline Cromwell, Thomas G DeLoughery, Robert E Fleming, Martina Fraga, George Goshua, Paula D James, Adam K Lewkowitz, Jori Ellen May, Grace Nnadozie, Frances Ogunnaya, Guillermo J Ruiz-Arguelles, Michelle Sholzberg, Layla Van Doren, Angela C Weyand, Michelle Paula Zeller, Muayad Azzam, Ali Choaib, Qais Hamarsha, Hassan Kawtharany, Jana Khawandi, Reem A Mustafa
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