Open AccessAnemia among hospitalized children at a multispecialty hospital, Bangalore (Karnataka), India
Author(s) -
Firdos Saba,
S. Poornima,
Pishey Ashwathnarayan Balaji,
Smitha R Varne,
Jayashree Krishnamurthy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.130275
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , pediatrics , thalassemia , informed consent , microcytic anemia , hemoglobin , alternative medicine , pathology
Due to the limited availability of data related to anemia in hospitalized children, this research was conducted to study the occurrence, morphological patterns, distribution in different age groups, sex, and severity of anemia among children aged 6 months-12 years.