Serum Ferritin In CKD Patients Serum Ferritin

Variability of Serum Ferritin in CKD Patients and How These Variables May Affect the Treatment Decisions With Iron

Variability of serum ferritin in CKD patients and how these variables may affect the treatment decisions with iron supplements

Serum ferritin has a wide range Variability in CKD patients this makes the use of serum ferritin as an indicator of iron deficiency is limited and mostly CKD is secondary to inflammation so serum ferritin as ferritin is an acute phase reactants so it will be very high in CKD patients ,

Inclusion Criteria:

• ALL CKD patients stage 3 to 5 not on dialysis

Exclusion Criteria:

• inflammatory chronic diseases IDA Autoimmune disorders Liver diseases Malignancy Infections