Practice Question
A 5-year-old child with iron deficiency anemia is being monitored for improvement after dietary changes. Which laboratory result would best indicate successful management of the condition?
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Correct Answer:
Increased serum ferritin levels
Rationale:
🟦 Ferritin measures the body's iron stores and is the earliest and most accurate indicator of recovery from iron deficiency anemia.
🟦 When diet improves and iron intake increases, ferritin levels rise before hemoglobin or hematocrit improve.
🟦 Monitoring ferritin allows clinicians to track the replenishment of iron reserves at the tissue level.
🟦 This makes ferritin the best lab result to assess successful management of iron deficiency.
❌ Incorrect Answers
Decreased platelet count
❌ Unrelated to iron status; indicates clotting abnormalities, not anemia improvement.
Improved kidney function tests
❌ Reflect renal status, not iron stores.
Elevated WBC count
❌ Indicates infection or inflammation, not anemia recovery.
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