Severe iron-deficiency anemia among hospitalized young children in an urban hospital.
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.
Cetinkaya
Feyzullah
F
Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. feyzulkaya@mynet.com
Yildirmak
Yildiz
Y
Kutluk
Gunsel
G
D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey
D006454:Hemoglobins