[Anemia in children: hemoglobin changes in mild, acute infections].
Anemia is commonly discovered in children when a complete blood count is routinely performed during acute and febrile illnesses. In this study-recovery of hemoglobin levels in children after acute infections was evaluated. Hemoglobin levels were measured in capillary blood of 70 patients who visited a community primary pediatric clinic with an acute infectious illness (37 boys, 33 girls; mean age 22 months, mode 18; 58 had fever of 38 degrees or higher). The most frequent diagnoses were upper respiratory tract infection, acute otitis media and pharyngitis. Follow-up hemoglobin measurements were performed after at least 3 days without fever and when the children were considered well by their parents. The average time between the 2 measurements was 12 +/- 9 days.
Urkin
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Pediatric Dept., Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba.
Shoham
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Goldfarb
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors
D006454:Hemoglobins