Pregnant Woman with Markedly Increased Iron Binding Capacity

A 39-year-old woman who was 15 weeks pregnant was found to be iron deficient, with very high unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC)2 and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) concentrations (Table 1).View this table:Table 1. Serum results on a gold-top tube.1. What changes in TIBC are expected in pregnancy?2. How are UIBC and TIBC measured?3. What could explain the unusually high TIBC and UIBC results, …