title: [Variations in ferritin levels in blood during physiological pregnancy].
abstract: Iron deficiency anemia is the most frequent haematological pathology in pregnancy. Serum ferritin levels represent the state of iron deposits. Low levels are a sure sign of iron deficiency. At the University of Turin we studied the variations of serum ferritin levels during physiological pregnancy and the sensitivity of routine blood tests with respect to serum ferritin levels. Routine haematological blood values along with ferritin levels were measured in 115 patients throughout pregnancy. The mean serum ferritin level was 56 ng/ml in the first trimester, 27.2 ng/ml in the second and 11.8 ng/ml in the third. The incidences of anemia per trimester was 6.6%, 4.8% and 49% respectively (p less than 0.05, chi squared). Our results show that it is important to evaluate iron deposits early in pregnancy by measuring serum ferritin levels in order to determine the need for iron therapy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Volpi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Grandis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mangione
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dall'Amico
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bollati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins
vernacular_title: Variazione dei livelli di ferritinemia nella gravidanza fisiologica.