The article reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines for the iron intake of infants and children below three years old. The guidelines will help physicians and parents in avoiding ...
Iron deficiency is the commonest nutritional deficiency disorder prevalent worldwide. It is the main cause of anemia during pregnancy and lactation among women and infancy and preschool age in children. In the developing countries, the prevalence is usually highest in infants and preschool-aged childr...
Introduction: Due to the prevalence of beta thalassemia and iron deficiency anemia in Irana need for an accurate, quick, inexpensive and simple method for differential diagnosis between these two disorders is felt. In this study the value of zpp measurement as a tool to distinguish iron ...
Finally, the last step in the depletion sequence is overt anemia, with decreased hemoglobin concentration. Iron deficiency and the resulting anemia can have dangerous functional consequences, especially for the developmental indices of infants and young children. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)...
Post-hoc analysis compared Hb values using 2010 AAP guidelines for diagnosis and prevention of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. With the exception of one-tailed tests for comparison of mean weight growth rates, all other tests were two-tailed (α = 0.05). All analyses were conducted...