Prevalence of microcytic anemia among newborn infants from baharloo hospital, tehran, iran
| Autor: | Mohammad Ali Shaban, Asghar Ghorbani, Mohammad Kaji Yazdi, Neda Hakimian, Monir al-Sadat Sahlabadi, Zahra Shokri, Zahra Mollah esmaeili |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 79, Iss 5, Pp 368-374 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1735-7322 1683-1764 |
| Popis: | Background: Anemia has a very high prevalence across the world. Microcytic anemia is the most common nutritional disorder and a major health problem in infants and children associated with inadequate growth and development. Diagnosing anemia at the birth can be difficult. Due to the fact that conditions such as thalassemia and iron deficiency are causative factors of microcytic anemia are prevalent in Iran, early diagnosing and treating these diseases can prevent excessive costs and further complications. Therefore, recognizing the practical factors with this complication is an effective step in controlling and preventing it. Therefore, the present study was performed to determine the prevalence of microcytic anemia in newborns in Baharloo Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 210 infants, which were newly born on Baharloo Hospital from march2018 to march2019. 2.5 cc cord blood sample was extracted from each infant, and microcytic anemia were diagnosed according to factors such as Hb, MCV and others parameters. Results: in this study, we demonstrated that there is a significant association between MCH and microcytic anemia. Our results showed that the rates of newborn infants with anemia disease (Hb |
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