Nghiên cứu nồng độ sắt, ferritin, transferrin và transferrin huyết thanh bão hòa ở những bệnh nhân thận mãn tính chạy thận nhân tạo tại Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

Objective: Study on concentration of iron, ferritin, transferrin, level of serum transferrin saturation, and iron status of chronic kidney patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis following 2006 K/DOQI guidelines. Subject and method: Quantification of iron, ferritin, transferrin, calculation of level serum transferrin saturation and iron deficiency proportion of 70 chronic kidney patients undergoing hemodialysis. Result: Iron concentration was normal in 50 patients (71.4 percent), high in 17 patients (14.3 percent), and low in 3 patients (4.3 percent). Ferritin concentration was normal in 7 patients (10 percent), high in 63 patients (90 percent), no patient had low ferritin concentration. Transferrin concentration was normal in 6 patients (8.6 percent), low in 64 patients (91.4 percent), no patient had high transferrin concentration. TSAT was normal in 24 patients (33.4 percent), high in 38 patients (54.2 percent), low in 8 patients (11.4 percent). 36 patients (51 percent) had Iron overload. Conclusion: Majority of patients had normal iron concentration but high ferritin and low transferrin levels. More than half of patients had iron overload.