II. Calculation

  1. TFS = 100 x Serum Iron (ug/dl) / TIBC (ug/dl)

III. Normal

  1. Range: 15% to 55%

IV. Decreased

  1. Chronic Iron Deficiency Anemia
  2. Chronic infection
  3. Advanced malignancy
  4. Collagen-Vascular Disease
  5. Uremia
  6. Third trimester of pregnancy

VI. References

  1. Ravel (1995) Clinical Lab Medicine, Mosby, p. 662

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