Importance of donor history of restless leg syndrome and pica to asses iron deficiency.

Ashutosh Singh, Rajendra Chaudhary, Atul Sonker, Hem Chandra Pandey

Other Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis 2016 10 citas

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Tipo de estudio: Review

Intervención: Importance of donor history of restless leg syndrome and pica to asses iron deficiency.
Comparador: Placebo
Dirección del efecto: Neutral
Riesgo de sesgo: Unclear

Abstract

Iron deficiency is associated with neuropsychological changes such as restless leg syndrome (RLS), pica, hair loss, etc. Our objective was to assess usefulness of history of RLS and pica in relation with iron stores in blood donors. During medical examination, apart from routine questionnaires specific history of RLS and pica was elicited. Along with hemoglobin markers of iron deficiency such as s. iron, s. ferritin and mean corpuscular volume were analyzed. Out of 400 blood donors 41 had h/o pica/RLS/pagophagia. Positive and negative predictive value of above history is 73.17% and 80.5% respectively. We recommend the use of a screening question for pica and/or RLS in blood donor questionnaire.

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