Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Disease : Table 2

]>Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Disease : Table 2

Table 2: Indications for chelation therapy in SCD.


Test	Adult patients	Pediatric patients

Transfusional iron load	20 to 30 units	100 mg/kg
Serum ferritin	3000 ng/mL, 1500–3000 ng/mL: equivocal	3000 ng/mL, 1500–3000 ng/mL: equivocal
HIC	7–9 mg/g dry weight	7–9 mg/g dry weight