Medlineplus en espanol tambien contiene enlaces a sitios web no gubernamentales. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Anemia is defined as a decrease in hemoglobin or hematocrit levels below the 2. At birth the patients are asymptomatic, the first clinical. Sickle cell anemia, an inherited disorder characterized by abnormal, crescentshaped red blood. Many types of anemia exist, such as irondeficiency. The clinic is summarized in vessel occlusion and tissue ischemia, hemolytic anemia and susceptibility to infections. Abstract the most common hemolytic anemia in the world population is sickle cell anemia, with an incidence of 1600 newborns in the united states and spain some regions 15000 incidence. Epidemiologia, fisiologia, diagnostico y tratamiento. Significance of anaemia in the different stages of life. Aplastic anemia once a uniformly fatal disease, aplastic anemia is now curable with allogeneic transplantation in 80% of children and 40% of adults, and immunosuppression with. Na gravidez existe anemia relativa, por hemodiluicao, alem daquela por carencia nutricional. Introduce the systemic classification of anemia on the basis of morphology and red blood cell production. Evaluation of anemia in children american family physician.
Evaluation of anemia in children jennifer janus, md, johns hopkins community physicians, hagerstown, maryland sarah k. Although many anemic elderly patients can be diagnosed with nutritional deficiency, anemia of chronic inflammation or comorbid diseases that. Anemia or sickle cell anemia is one of the most common structural hemoglobinopathies in the world. Vitamin deficiency anemia due to low levels of vitamins c, b12, or folate. Hemolytic anemia, a condition where the body destroys red blood cells prematurely. Aplastic anemia, which occurs when the bone marrow fails to produce enough red blood cells. An estimated 20 percent of american children will have anemia at some point in their childhood. When something goes wrong in your blood, it can affect your health and quality of life. In contrast with type of breastfeeding, maternal anemia did have an influence on the hemoglobin levels of. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Evaluation of anemia in children american academy of. Testing should be performed in patients with signs and symptoms of anemia, and a complete evaluation should be performed if iron deficiency is. Hemoglobin is an ironrich protein that gives the red color to blood.
Influence of breastfeeding type and maternal anemia on. The most common cause of anemia is not having enough iron. Anemias en pediatria diagnostico, interpretacion del hemograma dra. Describe the metabolic and physiologic responses to anemia, with emphasis on those that give rise to the clinical findings c. If you have anemia, your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your body. Define anemia and red blood cell rbc indices in pediatric patients learn to categorize anemias based on rbc size and mechanism understand the presentation, workup, and treatment of pediatric anemias will not discuss anemia secondary to blood loss or anemia secondary to malignancy in great detail.