At what lab values (ferritin, TSAT%) would you offer IV iron therapy to patients with restless leg syndrome?
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Hematology · Georgetown University School of Medicine
1. I am hopeful that practitioners will start understanding that ferritin alone is not enough to assess iron because of its acute phase reactivity. I like to order iron parameters after a 5-9 hour fast so the serum iron is not speciously elevated and get a ferritin and TSAT. If the ferritin is <30 a...
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Neurology · UNC Health
There is good evidence that treating symptomatic RLS with iron replacement, regardless of the presence of anemia, is beneficial. It is actually guideline recommendations from both the AASM and the IRLSSG to treat symptomatic patients with a ferritin level less than 75 or an iron saturation less than...