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At what ferritin threshold would a patient with anemia of inflammation or malignancy no longer benefit from iron supplementation for functional iron deficiency?

For example, if TSAT is less than 20% but ferritin is over 200.
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In anemia of chronic disease, I do not consider supplementing a patient with iron when:

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Hematology · Georgetown University School of Medicine
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There is no level. I have given IV iron to people with low TSATs and ferritins in the thousands. 200 isn't even close to too high.

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