SUBJECT CONSULTANT REVIEW

Title of the article

The Fascinating but Deceptive Ferritin: To Measure It or Not to Measure It in Chronic Kidney Disease?

Authors

Kalantar-Zadeh H., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Lee G.H.

Journal

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 1: S9-S18, 2006

Subject Consultant

R. Vanholder

Score (1 to 3 stars)

***

Comments

Strong mitigation of the current concept to titrate iron administration in hemodialysis on serum ferritin and to keep them below 500.