Accuracy of microcentrifuged hematocrits in the emergency department

Prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia among healthy women of reproductive age in Bhaktapur, Nepal

“…Regardless, health-care providers should be aware of the possible difference in the positive predictive value of anemia screening for iron deficiency among blacks and whites and consider using other iron status tests (e.g., serum ferritin concentration and transferrin saturation) for their black patients. Accurate, low-cost, clinic-based instruments have been developed for measuring Hb concentration and Hct by using capillary or venous blood (85,86 ). Small diurnal variations are seen in Hb concentration and Hct measurements, but these variations are neither biologically nor statistically significant (87,88 ).…”