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Ferritin (Serum (s))

Specimens: 500 µl Serum (s)
Preanalytics/Notes:

Avoid haemolysis as intraerythrocytary ferritin is released in haemolytic samples and can lead to false high ferritin levels. 

Patients receiving high doses of biotin (> 5 mg / day) should be sampled at least 8 hours after the last application, as high levels of biotin may interfere with the test system.

Method: ECLIA
Dimension: µg/l
Set-up: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration: 1 day
Indication/Significance:
  • Differential diagnosis of anaemia, especially iron-deficiency anaemias

  • Therapy control of iron substitution

  • Suspected iron overload

  • Therapy control of iron mobilisation

  • NEW: Suspected prelatent/latent iron deficiency in patients with cardiac insufficiency who still suffer from respiratory distress despite optimal therapy. Literature: St. Anker, Klinik für Kardiologie der Charité Berlin berichtete über Ergebnisse der FAIR-HF-Studie, Heart Failure Congress 2010, Berlin

Interpretation:
Further tests:

Transferrin saturation

Reference range / valuation (openclose)

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