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docs/source/models/intervention_models/mncnh_pregnancy/anemia_screening.rst

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screen will also be screened for ferritin levels via a minimally invasive screening (finger prick). Pregnancies that have a hemoglobin level <100 g/L and a blood ferritin level below 15 ug/L
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(anemic AND iron deficient) are eligible for IV iron.
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Notably, the GBD does not have any estimates related to ferritin exposure or ferriting screening. However, the GBD assigns specific causes to all cases of anemia. Some of these causes of anemia are considered "iron
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Notably, the GBD does not have any estimates related to ferritin exposure or ferritin screening. However, the GBD assigns specific causes to all cases of anemia. Some of these causes of anemia are considered "iron
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responsive," indicating that they are iron deficiency anemia. An example of an iron deficiency anemia is anemia caused by maternal hemorrhage (caused by blood loss, decreasing systemic levels
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of both hemoglobin and iron). An example of a non-iron responsive anemia is sickle cell trait (low hemoglobin is due to a defect in hemoglobin protein rather than low iron levels). Notably, it
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is possible for non-iron-responsive anemias to also have low iron levels. See the :ref:`anemia impairment document <2019_anemia_impairment>` for a list of iron responsive and non iron responsive

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