Alopecia and Iron Deficiency: An Interventional Pilot Study in Primary Care to Improve the Request of Ferritin.

María SalinasMaria Leiva-SalinasEmilio FloresMaite López-GarrigósCarlos Leiva-Salinas

Published in: Advances in hematology (2020)

Primary care patients with alopecia and laboratory tests request were mainly young female. Our intervention added ferritin when not requested, detecting iron deficiency in 27.9% of women, potentially avoiding the adverse effects of iron deficiency on hair loss.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
primary care
randomized controlled trial
general practice
polycystic ovary syndrome
emergency department
pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
metabolic syndrome
middle aged
cervical cancer screening