Title: SEVERE IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG HOSPITALIZED YOUNG CHILDREN IN AN URBAN HOSPITAL
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and some characteristics of young children with severe iron-deficiency anemia hospitalized in an urban hospital. All of the young children (aged 7-24 months) hospitalized in a city hospital during the last 3 years were searched for iron-deficiency anemia and those with severe anemia were retrospectively evaluated. During this period, 3117 young children were hospitalized and 61.6% of them had a hemoglobin value of less than 11 g/dL and 52 children (2.7%) had severe iron-deficiency anemia (hemoglobin < 6 g/dL). It was concluded that iron-deficiency anemia is still an important health problem among young children in our society.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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