Iron Deficiency Anemia in Childern With Liver Cirrhosis (IDA)

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Liver Cirrhosis; Iron Deficiency, Anaemia in Children

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: transferrin receptor concentration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03482076

DBK

Details and patient eligibility

About

Iron deficiency anemia is a common complication of liver cirrhosis in childern and may affects there life this study to improve the outcome of these patients

Full description

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of developing both IDA and anemia of chronic disease concomitantly, and there adverse effects can deteriorate general condition and affect of quality of life in these patients .Also because it is easier to correct IDA than anemia of chronic disease, so this study of the prevalence of IDA helping us in the diagnosis and treatment of IDA and can reduce the need for other diagnostic tests and improve the quality of life in patients with cirrhosis .

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all childern with liver cirrhosis in GIT and hepatology unit

Exclusion criteria

• Neonates less than one month
• childern with other liver diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

transferrin receptor concentration

Other group

Description:

Prevelance of iron deficiency in this patients

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: transferrin receptor concentration