Description
Two young siblings both present with anaemia. With the same parents, similar birth stories, breastfeeding pattern, same introduction of solids and ongoing food patterns, can we assume that the underpinning cause is the same? And like all young kids everywhere, do they just need ‘more iron’? While we’re led to believe ‘iron issues’ are simply ‘par for the course’ in infants & preschoolers, rates of anaemia in countries such as Australia in this age group are actually <5%. Therefore instead, we should view any anaemia presentation, and more broadly, every ‘iron issue’, as a call to action to identify all the causes & contributions unique to the individual.
The work-up of each sibling, which includes a checklist of 6, often unseen, factors that drive iron deficiency in kids, reveals what the children do have in common and what sets each apart and in turn identifies differences in the course of action that should follow.
Along the way you are offered an opportunity to review in detail your knowledge of iron homeostasis and how to read pathology results from this informed place, as well as learn something new about this mineral’s unique regulation at every age & stage of childhood. This recording comes with a separate clinical tool which creates a framework for understanding all the real reasons behind iron deficiency in other paediatric patients in your practice. It is a bumper offering, with bonuses galore!
