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Time‐course changes of eosinophil counts in premature infants: No effects of medical manipulation, except erythropoietin treatment, on eosinophilia
Author(s) -
Ehara Akira,
Takeda Yuko,
Kida Takeshi,
Mizukami Susumu,
Hagisawa Masahiro,
Yamada Yutaka
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-200x.2000.01170.x
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophil , eosinophilia , erythropoietin , antibiotics , percentile , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , asthma , statistics , physics , mathematics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In order to determine the factors responsible for eosinophilia during the neonatal period, we counted the eosinophils of premature infants every week and compared the medical profiles of infants with eosinophil counts above the 95th percentile and those below that percentile during the course of study. Medical treatments such as mechanical ventilation, antibiotics administration and intravenous catheterization had no significant effects on the increase of eosinophils. Furthermore, the incidence of eosinophil counts above the 95th percentile was not different between breast‐fed and formula‐fed infants. The infants treated with erythropoietin had greater eosinophil counts than those with no treatment. It is probable that medical manipulation using foreign bodies such as intratracheal tube, intravenous catheter, antibiotics and artificial formula had no significant effects on the increase of eosinophil counts, except for exogenous erythropoietin.