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IRON REQUIREMENT IN LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS
Author(s) -
SIIMES M.A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09606.x
Subject(s) - medicine , iron deficiency , iron supplementation , low birth weight , pediatrics , iron status , dose , iron supplement , physiology , anemia , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Siimes, M.A. (Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland). Iron requirement in low birthweight infants. Acta Paediatr Scand, Suppl. 296: 101, 1982.—Since full‐size newborns have adequate iron stores, severe iron deficiency anaemia rarely develops in these infants. If it develops, it is usually due to intestinal blood loss. Low birthweight infants have reduced iron stores resulting in higher nutritional iron requirements. Despite supplementation preterm infants reach at about two months lower Hb values than full‐term infants, but sebsequent anaemia is prevented. Iron supplementation should at least during the first six weeks be combined with vitamin E supplementation. Different iron dosages are suggested for different birthweights.