LAB VALUES
Minimum haemoglobin level for a male community blood donor to safely donate a unit of Whole Blood
What is 130 g/L?
Numbers name given to the rule used to identify Heavy Menses
What is "7-2-2"?
Bleeding more than 7 days at a time, soaking through a pad/tampon more often than every 2 hours, passing a clot larger than 2 cm in diameter
Another name for Vitamin B-12
What is Cobalamin?
Name of oral iron tablets funded in New Zealand
What is Ferrous fumarate (ferro-tab)?
Generic medication name of IV iron preparation most commonly prescribed in New Zealand
What is Ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject)?
Best blood test used to measure iron level
What is Ferritin?
Minimum RELIABLE Ferritin level indicating Iron optimization
What is 100 ug/L?
Recreation drug that oxidizes Vitamin B-12
What is "Nangs" or "Whip-its" (Nitrous oxide)?
Total amount of elemental iron that can be absorbed from a supplement pill per day
What is 60 to 65 mg?
Minimum number of minutes allowed for the fastest infusion drip of IV iron
What is 15 minutes?
Name given to a test that has a result that increases as inflammation increases
What is a positive acute phase reactant?
Minimum RELIABLE Ferritin level allowing Thyroid hormones T3 and T4 into cells
What is 70 ug/L?
Anti-hyperglycemic agent that interferes with the absorption of Vitamin B-12
What is Metformin?
Three most common GI adverse reactions when taking oral iron supplement tablets
What are: Tarry stools, Constipation, and Abdominal pain?
Name of condition cause by FCM in up to 91% of recipients
What is hypophosphatemia?
Ideal level of Vitamin B-12
What is 800 pmol/L?
Neurological and sleep disorder related to iron deficiency that causes irresistible, uncomfortable urges to move legs
What is Restless Leg Syndrome?
Class of medications responsible for decreasing stomach acid, but also prevents the absorption of Vitamin B-12
What are Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)?
Group of food to avoid eating 2 hours before, during, and 2 hours after taking oral iron supplement tablets
What are Dairy (Milk) products?
Prescribed number of days post-FCM infusion when labs should be collected
What is 14 days?
Lab tests used to indirectly measure iron level that are NOT acute phase reactants
What is RET HE or CHr?
The name of the peptide hormone "Master iron regulator"
What is Hepcidin?
Autoimmune disease that attacks parietal cells, causing an intrinsic factor and Vitamin B12 deficiency
What is Pernicious anaemia?
Name of oral iron supplement made in Italy that does not cause adverse side effects
What is Sucrosomial iron (SiderAL)?
Name of the equation to calculate Total Iron Deficit
What is Ganzoni?