What individuals are at risk for this condition?
What will be an ideal response?
Those who are at risk include infants; young children who are growing rapidly; persons of low
socioeconomic status or with dietary iron deficiency; menstruating females; persons with iron
malabsorption (chronic diarrhea, partial or total gastrectomy, celiac disease, pernicious anemia);
individuals with gradual blood loss because of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, trauma, peptic ulcers,
cancer, increased blood sampling in the chronically ill; persons receiving dialysis; pregnant women;
and patients with mechanical heart valve–induced trauma to RBCs.
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