Early interventions were instituted in cases with an abnormal indicator performance.
Special conversations were held by the administrative staff with patients or their families in cases with abnormal indicator values to promote understanding concerning reasonable prognostic expectations of the disease and treatment outcome.
Table 3 shows frequencies for ID, IDA, and abnormal iron indicators.
Sex and age-specific analyses revealed that odds of ID, IDA, and abnormal iron indicators were highest in adolescent females.
In particular, the MET was not consulted in 50% prior to an SAE, even though abnormal vital indicators were observed [ 7].
Logistic regression was used to evaluate associations between ID, IDA, and abnormal iron indicators and categories of blood and urine Cd.
If nurses felt worried about a patient's condition or observed abnormal vital indicators, then they were instructed to immediately call the ward physician.
Iron deficiency (ID) was defined as ≥2 of 3 abnormal iron indicators (SF, FEP, TSAT), based on age-specific norms (Table 1) [ 46].
ID was defined as ≥2 of 3 abnormal iron indicators (low serum ferritin [SF], high free erythrocyte protoporphyrin [FEP], low % transferrin saturation [TSAT]); ID anemia (IDA) was defined as ID plus low hemoglobin (Hgb).
Still, our finding that older girls are the most likely group to have ID or have abnormal iron indicators is not surprising, given that girls who have reached menarche are more likely to be ID than younger or less mature girls [ 15, 59].
