The Global Iron Summit was held November 7-8, 2008 in Athens, Greece, Click here to view the Summit agenda, faculty presentations and bios.
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The Global Iron Summit was held November 7-8, 2008 in Athens, Greece, Click here to view the Summit agenda, faculty presentations and bios.
Iron overload, also called iron toxicity, may lead to debilitating and life-threatening problems such as diabetes, heart failure, and poor growth (1-3).
In both primary and secondary iron overload, serum ferritin >1000 mcg/L is associated with worsened prognosis (1,4).
As few as 10 lifetime red blood cell transfusions can result in transfusional iron toxicity (5, 6).
*2 units may not always be included in
1 transfusion (eg, for pediatric patients).
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