{"id":568407,"date":"2026-09-15T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/iron-deficiency-and-iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnancy-and-gynecology\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:28:10","slug":"iron-deficiency-and-iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnancy-and-gynecology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/iron-deficiency-and-iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnancy-and-gynecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy and Gynecology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The ferritin level at which iron therapy is indicated differs between pregnancy and non-pregnancy. The Swiss expert letter from the SGGG sets this level at 30 \u00b5g\/l during pregnancy, regardless of the hemoglobin level [1]. The Swiss general practice guideline states that, outside of pregnancy, in cases of iron deficiency without anemia, treatment is only considered an indication on a case-by-case basis when levels fall below 15 ng\/ml [3]. The following article compares these two situations side by side.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Firon-deficiency-and-iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnancy-and-gynecology%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ferritin level at which iron therapy is indicated differs between pregnancy and non-pregnancy. The Swiss expert letter from the SGGG sets this level at 30 \u00b5g\/l during pregnancy, regardless&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Firon-deficiency-and-iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnancy-and-gynecology%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":568410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Why a Different Ferritin Threshold Applies During Pregnancy Than Outside of It","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"category":[11548,11508,11400,11460,11503],"tags":[102368,12697,16006,53024],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-568407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-education","category-gynecology","category-prevention-and-health-care","category-studies","tag-hypophosphatemia-2","tag-iron-deficiency","tag-iron-deficiency-anemia","tag-serum-ferritin","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-01 04:39:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":568412,"slug":"carence-en-fer-et-anemie-ferriprive-pendant-la-grossesse-et-en-gynecologie","post_title":"Carence en fer et an\u00e9mie ferriprive pendant la grossesse et en gyn\u00e9cologie","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/carence-en-fer-et-anemie-ferriprive-pendant-la-grossesse-et-en-gynecologie\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":568419,"slug":"carenza-di-ferro-e-anemia-da-carenza-di-ferro-in-gravidanza-e-in-ginecologia","post_title":"Carenza di ferro e anemia da carenza di ferro in gravidanza e in ginecologia","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/carenza-di-ferro-e-anemia-da-carenza-di-ferro-in-gravidanza-e-in-ginecologia\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":568426,"slug":"carencia-de-ferro-e-anemia-por-carencia-de-ferro-na-gravidez-e-na-ginecologia","post_title":"Car\u00eancia de ferro e anemia por car\u00eancia de ferro na gravidez e na ginecologia","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/carencia-de-ferro-e-anemia-por-carencia-de-ferro-na-gravidez-e-na-ginecologia\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":568470,"slug":"la-deficiencia-de-hierro-y-la-anemia-ferropenica-en-el-embarazo-y-la-ginecologia","post_title":"La deficiencia de hierro y la anemia ferrop\u00e9nica en el embarazo y la ginecolog\u00eda","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/la-deficiencia-de-hierro-y-la-anemia-ferropenica-en-el-embarazo-y-la-ginecologia\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568411,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568407\/revisions\/568411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=568407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568407"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=568407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}