1. The incidence, treatment, and follow-up of iron deficiency in a tertiary care pediatric clinic
- Author
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Susan Grant Traxler and John T. Benjamin
- Subjects
Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Georgia ,Adolescent ,Anemia ,Iron ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Tertiary care ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Age Distribution ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Blood testing ,Child ,Retrospective Studies ,Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Infant ,Iron deficiency ,Iron Deficiencies ,medicine.disease ,Pediatric clinic ,Black or African American ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin ,Female ,Hemoglobin ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
To assess the incidence, treatment, and follow-up of iron deficiency in children seen in a tertiary hospital, a retrospective chart review was performed in 2002 of 364 consecutive children screened for iron deficiency with free erythrocyte protoporphyrin and hemoglobin. Sixty-five of the 352 children studied (18.5%) were iron-deficient and 19 patients (5.4%) were anemic. Eighty percent of the affected children were treated with iron, and only 25% had follow-up blood testing done. Iron deficiency is common in children younger than 2 years of age. Whether or not the children had anemia, treatment and follow-up were less than optimal.
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- 2005