Article: Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Signals Iron Deficiency.(Brief Article)

Article: CHr testing urged for iron ...
Pediatric News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... these, 24 had iron deficiency anemia. Of all ... parameters studied, CHr and Hb levels were ... significant predictors of iron deficiency and CHr was the only significant ... multivariate predictor of iron deficiency anemia. The normal value of CHr is 27.0 pg ...

Article: Better Screening Test for Infant Iron Deficiency?; ...
AScribe Health News Service;  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... new test called CHr with the standard ... as a screen for iron deficiency in infants. Hemoglobin ... study shows that CHr can be used to detect iron deficiency earlier and more ... early detection of iron deficiency." He added that the CHr test is simple ...

Article: JAMA Study Finds Potentially Better Test for Infant Iron ...
PR Newswire;  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... test, called CHr, with the standard ... as a screen for iron deficiency in infants. Hemoglobin ... study shows that CHr can be used to detect iron deficiency earlier and more ... early detection of iron deficiency." He added that the CHr test is simple ...

Article: Iron Deficiency
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Reticulocyte Hemoglobin (CHr) as a screening tool for detecting iron deficiency was published. A primary ... the study was to compare CHr with Hemoglobin as a screening tool to detect iron deficiency. CHr testing would be based ...

Article: Boston children's study verifies efficacy of new CHr test ...
Healthcare Strategic Management;  September 1, 2005 ;     636 words ... ... which compared the new CHr test with the standard ... test as a screen for iron deficiency in infants. The CHr test measures the ... standard" test for iron deficiency but is impractical ... Using the optimal CHr cutoff value (established ...

Article: Findings from M. Maconi et al in iron deficiency ...
Blood Weekly;  June 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... reticulocyte haemoglobin content (CHr) calculated by Siemens ADVIA haematology ... analysers as a useful tool indicating iron deficiency," investigators in Italy report ... to evaluate the agreement between CHr and %HYPO parameters and the reticulocyte ...

Article: Occurrence and Detection of Iron-deficiency Anemia ...
Clinical Laboratory Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... occurrence, and detection of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in young children as ... laboratory tests. ABBREVIATIONS: CHr = hemoglobin content in reticulocytes ... femtoliters; g = gram; ID = iron deficiency; IDA = iron-deficiency anemia ...