Post-transfusion changes in serum hepcidin and iron parameters in preterm infants.

Fotini StripeliJohn KapetanakisDimitrios GourgiotisAntonis DrakatosMaria TsoliaLydia Kossiva

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2018)

Serum hepcidin concentration, along with IRF and HLR, are potentially useful in estimating pre- and post-transfusion iron status. Larger studies are needed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of hepcidin compared with ordinary iron parameters in premature infants.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
preterm infants
cardiac surgery
low birth weight
sickle cell disease
dendritic cells
acute kidney injury
case control
preterm birth
structural basis