
Clinical Response to Adequate Iron Replacement
Purpose: | To determine if a patient receiving iron replacement has had an adequate response. |
Specialty: | Hematology Oncology Clinical Laboratory Obstetrics & Gynecology Pedatrics General Surgery Gastroenterology |
Objective: | dosage calculations, dosage adjustments |
ICD-10: | D50 |
Description: | Following initiation of oral iron replacement therapy, signs and symptoms of iron deficiency should gradually abate. Patients who do not have resolution of symptoms or expected changes in hemoglobin should be evaluated for the reason(s). |
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