Webinar - Stop Iron deficiency in Adolescents, Period! Time to address Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Live Webinar

Monday, November 18, 2024

3:00-4:00pm CT

Description: 

According to NHANES data reviewed by Weyand et al (Prevalence of IDA and ID in US females aged 12-21y, 2003-2020. JAMA Network 2023), prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among adolescents with potential to menstruate is high at 6.3%, with the prevalence of latent iron deficiency (ID) even higher at 17% using a ferritin cut-off of < 15ng/ml and 38.6% using a cut-off of <25ng/ml. The largest contributor to this, heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), is not a topic addressed routinely during fellowship, despite the fact that it is caused by an inherited bleeding disorder in 20% of cases (HMB in Adolescents: ACOG Management Recommendations. Am Fam Physician 2020). Major gaps globally in the treatment of HMB are attributed at least partly due to limited physician awareness (Reflections on access to care for heavy menstrual bleeding: Past, present, and in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2023). There is increasing collaboration between hematologists, adolescent medicine specialists and gynecologists across the country to manage this problem through multidisciplinary clinics, but education on this topic is largely missing at the trainee level and hence an important knowledge gap that will be addressed in this webinar.

The objectives for this webinar are below:

Learning Objectives:  

1.      Review the epidemiology of iron deficiency (ID) and related anemia (IDA) in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).

2.      Highlight updates in the diagnosis and management of ID/IDA due to HMB, including parenteral iron therapy and hormonal therapy.

3.      Discuss associated complications like depression, impaired quality of life, and exacerbation of other adolescent health issues.

Speakers

• Neethu M Menon, MD (Moderator)
• UT Health Science Center at Houston
• Suchitra Acharya, MD
• Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center, Northwell Health
• Oluyemisi Adeyemi-Fowode, MD
• Texas Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Houston

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