| A Study of Screening for Anemia in 9 Month Old Infants in Well Baby Clinic |
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Yong Sik Min, Jae Ock Park, Sang Man Shin, Sang Jhoo Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea |
| 영유아 상담실에서 선별검사한 9개월 영아의 빈혈에 대한 연구 |
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민용식, 박재옥, 신상만, 이상주 |
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순천향대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Iron deficiency remains the most common cause of anemia in infants and children despite increasing availability of iron-fortified foods. We screened out anemia in 9-month old infants in well baby clinic to know the prevalence of anemia and the weaning status.
The results were as follows.
1) Among 345 infants screened, 24 infants(7%) were found to have anemia.
2) The king of anemia was microcytic and hypochromic.
3) Among the remaining 311 non-anemic infants, 6 infants(1.9%) revealed microcytosis and 7 infants(2.2%) revealed hypochromia.
4) In anemic group the mean hemoglobin concentration was 8.75¡¾1.03gm/dl, hematocrit was 27.73¡¾3.00%, MCV was 65.84¡¾8.21fL, MCH was 20.95¡¾2.93pg and MCHC was 31.34¡¾1.89gm/dl.
5) In 9 anemic infants, weaning was delayed until 9 months of age. |
| Key Words:
Anemia, Screening in Well Baby Clinic |
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