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Iron Balance in Regular Blood Donors.
SUMMARY: BACKGROUND: Numerous reports have shown that iron stores decrease in blood donors after donation. As we need healthy donors, it is essential to test hemoglobin and ferritin levels for preventing reduced of iron stores in donors. METHODS: This study was conducted on 235 healthy men. The donors were divided into three groups: group I) control group with no donation; group II) case group...
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An increase in the frequency of blood donation among the donor population is liable to result in excessive iron loss and development of iron deficiency anemia. In the majority of blood banks, hemoglobin and/or hematocrit measurements are used as screening tests for the ability to donate blood even though iron stores may be depleted in donors with hemoglobin values above the arbitrarily defi...
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DISCUSSION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although several studies have indicated that repeated blood donation induces iron depletion and iron deficiency, all blood centers still test only hemoglobin as an indicator for selecting the donors. The present study shows the importance of measuring the iron stores and then proposed a strategy to prev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transfusion
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0041-1132
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12709