AAP updates guidance on pediatric iron deficiency screening and treatment

Iron deficiency remains one of the most common nutritional deficiencies among children and adolescents in the United States, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to issue updated recommendations on prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The new clinical report expands previous guidance by addressing care across infancy through adolescence and incorporates emerging evidence on laboratory evaluation, oral iron dosing, and the role of intravenous iron therapy.