investigations
Last reviewed 01/2018
- blood film - iron deficiency anaemia has a microcytic, hypochromic blood film showing anisocytosis and poikilocytosis
- serum iron, ferritin and total iron binding capacity:
- iron deficiency anaemia - low serum iron, low serum ferritin, raised TIBC
- other causes are iron loading conditions characterised by raised serum iron, raised ferritin, low total iron binding capacity