{"id":1831,"date":"2018-04-30T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T09:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2018-04-30T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T09:07:41","slug":"iron-deficiency-how-to-detect-it-how-to-correct-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/?p=1831","title":{"rendered":"Iron Deficiency How to detect it, how to correct it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/DigitalEditions\/mm1804-april-2018\/html5\/index.html\">Iron Deficiency How to detect it, how to correct it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Measurement of the serum ferritin level is the most useful diagnostic assay for detecting iron deficiency<br \/>\nbut interpretation may be difficult in patients with comorbidities. Identifying the cause of iron deficiency is<br \/>\ncrucial. Referral to a gastroenterologist is often required. Faecal occult blood testing is not recommended.<br \/>\nA negative result does not impact on the diagnostic evaluation. Oral iron is an effective first-line treatment<br \/>\nand simple strategies can facilitate patient tolerance. For patients who cannot tolerate oral therapy or require<br \/>\nmore rapid correction of iron deficiency, intravenous iron infusions are safe, effective and practical. Intramuscular<br \/>\niron is no longer recommended for patients of any age.<\/p>\n<p><em>Modern Medicine \u2013 April 2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iron Deficiency How to detect it, how to correct it Measurement of the serum ferritin level is the most useful diagnostic assay for detecting iron deficiency&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"beyondwords_generate_audio":"","beyondwords_project_id":"","beyondwords_content_id":"","beyondwords_preview_token":"","beyondwords_player_content":"","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_code":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"","beyondwords_hash":"","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5REYo-tx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}