Abstract

LOPEZ NAPOLES, Miguel Antonio et al. Behavior of serum iron and hemoglobin in blood donors. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, suppl.2, pp. 827-835. ISSN 1025-0255.

A descriptive study of serum iron value behavior and hemoglobin in blood donors in the blood extraction bank at Manuel Ascunce Domenech provincial hospital of Camagüey within a period of six months (from january 1 st to june 30, 1999) was carried out. The universe was composed of 800 voluntary blood donors, of which, a ramdomized representative sample formed 200 of these donors was obtained . They were determined the value serum iron and hemoglobin, with the aim of correlating them. Serum iron behavior was evaluated as to sex and age. A relationship among serum values and hemoglobin with the clinical manifestations found was established, and finally the relationship among serum iron values and hemoglobin was determined with the number of donation made in almost one year. When processing data, it was concluded that 100 % of donors studied, presented low values of serum iron which manifested clinical symptoms , 10 % of them and 88 % had normal hemoglobin, existing and inverse relationship among the increasing of previous donations during one years and serum iron values and hemoglobin.

Keywords : IRON; HEMOGLOBINS; BLOOD DONORS.