Özet:

According to the World Health Organization, iron deficiency is the most common nutritional problem in the world. Iron deficiency is a systemic disease that affects all body functions. Our study focuses on the peculiarity and sensitivity of the values of red cell distribution (RDW) and average erythrosite volume (Mean Corpuscular Volume-MCV) from the hemogram parameters, which is a cheap, common and easy method to put the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in early stages. In our study, the symptoms that make up the patient and control group consist of 210 children between the ages of 1-15 who apply to the Children's Clinic. Patients who scaned back-to-back files were measured by full blood count, serum iron, total iron bonding capacity and ferritis. As a measure for the diagnosis of iron deficiency, the NHANES II (Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) determined the age-based transferrin saturation and ferritin cut off values. Results: The average MCV value of the patient group was statistically significantly lower (p<0,001) compared to the control group. The average RDW of the patient group was statistically significantly high in advanced levels (p<0,001) compared to the control group. The use of RDW values from erythrosite index for early diagnosis of iron deficiency is a very sensitive and unique method. The joint assessment of MCV and RDW has the same sensitivity value as the joint assessment of RDW alone.

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