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Table 1 Iron values

From: Secondary hemochromatosis as a result of acute transfusion-induced iron overload in a burn patient

Date

Iron (μmol/L)

Total iron binding capacity (μmol/L)

Saturation index (%)

Ferritin (μg/L)

July 28/2012 (admission)

–

–

–

–

August 2/2012

5

25

20

73

October 30/2012

5

10

50

1883

May 8/2013

4

24

17

>1500

October 19/2013

23

30

77

1425

February 6/2014

11

68

16

 

April 30/2014

46

49

94

>1650

May 7/2014

32

47

68

 

May 14/2014

38

<41

>93

>1650

May 21/2014

34

<37

>92

>1650

May 23/2014

31

34

91

>1650

May 28/2014

30

34

88

>1650

June 4/2014

35

<38

>92

>1650

June 20/2014 (discharge)

–

–

–

–

  1. Normal values: serum iron (8–25 μmol/L), total iron binding capacity (40–80 μmol/L), saturation index (16–60 %), ferritin (12–300 μg/L)