Society guideline links: Pediatric iron deficiency

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Anemia in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Anemia in chronic kidney disease".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on fortification of wheat flour with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy (2022)

●WHO: Guideline on use of ferritin concentrations to assess iron status in individuals and populations (2020)

●WHO: Guideline for fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy (2018)

●WHO: Guideline for daily iron supplementation in adult women and adolescent girls (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for daily iron supplementation in infants and children (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for fortification of maize flour and corn meal with vitamins and minerals (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by infants and young children aged 6-23 months and children aged 2-12 years (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in menstruating women (2011)

●WHO: Guideline for intermittent iron supplementation in preschool and school-age children (2011)

Canada

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Position paper for the evaluation and management of iron deficiency in children undergoing intestinal rehabilitation (2023)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on minimizing blood loss and the need for transfusions in very premature infants (2015, reaffirmed 2021)

●NASPGHAN: Position paper on anemia in children with inflammatory bowel disease (2020)

●CPS: Practice point on iron requirements in the first 2 years of life (2019)

United States

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Position paper for the evaluation and management of iron deficiency in children undergoing intestinal rehabilitation (2023)

●NASPGHAN: Position paper on anemia in children with inflammatory bowel disease (2020)

●US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement for iron deficiency anemia in young children – Screening (2015)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report − Diagnosis and prevention of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in infants and young children (0–3 years of age) (2010)

Europe

●European Hematology Association (EHA): Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (2024)

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)/European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)/European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR)/Chinese Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (CSPEN): Guidelines on pediatric parenteral nutrition – Iron and trace minerals (2018)

●European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO): European consensus on the diagnosis and management of iron deficiency and anaemia in inflammatory bowel diseases (2015)

●ESPGHAN: Position paper on iron requirements of infants and toddlers (2014)

United Kingdom

●British Society for Haematology (BSH): Guideline for the laboratory diagnosis of iron deficiency in adults (excluding pregnancy) and children (2021)

●British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH): Guideline for the laboratory diagnosis of functional iron deficiency (2013)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Standard treatment guidelines on iron deficiency anemia (2022)

●The national guidelines for control of iron deficiency anaemia (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)-Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): National guide to preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – Child health: Anaemia, fourth edition (2024)

●National Blood Authority (NBA) Australia: Patient blood management guidelines – Module 6: Neonatal and pediatrics (2020)

●NBA: Paediatric and neonatal iron deficiency anaemia guide – Guidance for Australian health providers (2017)

Japan

●Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT): Guidelines for renal anemia in chronic kidney disease (2015)