Question

A 52-year-old woman presenting with fatigue, pallor, and a low haemoglobin is found to have microcytic hypochromic anaemia. Which test is most appropriate to differentiate between iron deficiency anaemia and anaemia of chronic disease?

Accepted Answer

Serum ferritin

Answer

Serum iron

Answer

Transferrin saturation

Answer

Serum total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)

Answer

Serum soluble transferrin receptor

Practice question

A 52-year-old woman presenting with fatigue, pallor, and a low haemoglobin is found to have microcytic hypochromic anaemia. Which test is most appropriate to differentiate between iron deficiency anaemia and anaemia of chronic disease?