| Autor: |
Nguyen Huu Chau Duc, Ton Nu Van Anh, Tran Tuyet Vy, Ha Xuan Nam, Nguyen Huu Son |
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International Medical Journal; Aug2021, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p420-423, 4p |
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Objective: Cerebral palsy is one of risk factors of malnutrition, especially anemia. In Vietnam, there was lacking of evidence on anemia in this population. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia among children with CP at a tertiary hospital of Vietnam. Design: A cross sectional study was conducted from April 2017 to July 2019 in a tertiary hospital in central of Vietnam. Materials and Methods: We enrolled the patient diagnosed cerebral palsy with aged from 18 years and below. The collected data included clinical characteristics of cerebral palsy as well as assessed anemia status each patient. Diagnosis of anemia based on guideline of World Health Organization 2011. Results: We included 53 children diagnosed cerebral palsy during study. Male children were major. There were 60 percent of cases suffered the anemia, most of them were in mild level (90.3%). One of five was the iron deficiency anemia. There was a statistically significant difference of underweight and Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) level (p < 0.05) with proportion of anemia. Conclusions: The study indicated there was the high prevalence of anemia in children diagnosed cerebral palsy, in which most of them was mild level. Our findings suggest several courses of action for improve nutrition status of this vulnerable population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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