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Diagnostic Performance of Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Content (CHr) for Iron Deficiency in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Reanalysis of a Published South African Dataset.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

A reanalysis of 399 South African patients found that measuring iron in new red blood cells (called CHr) worked better than the usual ferritin test to spot true iron deficiency in people with chronic kidney disease, but because it is an observational study, it shows only a connection — not proof that CHr causes better outcomes.

Who did this work

AlMoshary M · Alharbi AA · Alzarea EA · Alfaraedi A · Alswailmi OA · Gad LA · Abdalhabib EK · Aldosari MS · Morsy MH · Alsahly MB · Shrebaty O

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD severity and reversal · 2026 Aug 26
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42644633/