Severe iron-deficiency anemia among hospitalized young children in an urban hospital
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.77-81, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2005
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/08880010590896387
- Dergi Adı: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-81
- Anahtar Kelimeler: anemia, iron-deficiency anemia, nutritional anemia
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.