Iron deficiency anaemia 10 years after small bowel resection in infancy

Small bowel changes in iron-deficiency anaemia of childhood.

The function and structure of the small intestine in iron-deficiency anaemia has been studied in adults with conflicting results (Rawson and Rosenthal, 1960; Vartio, 1962; Halsted, Prasad, and Nadimi, 1965; Saha, Chatterjea, and Chaudhuri, 1965). Only one group of workers has studied this problem in infancy and early childhood (Naiman et al., 1964). We here record our observations on small inte...

The iron deficiency anaemia of late infancy.

Resection of Small Bowel in Early Infancy

A previous report (Swain, Peonides, and Young, 1963) concerned the prognosis after resection of the small bowel for neonatal obstruction. 3 of the patients had had massive resections, and 2 of them, now aged 9 and 10 years, have been available for further study, together with 2 others now aged 2 and 3 years. Each had such a short length of small bowel remaining that it was at first doubtful whe...

Poorer behavioral and developmental outcome more than 10 years after treatment for iron deficiency in infancy.

OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term effects of iron deficiency in infancy. DESIGN Longitudinal follow-up study of children who had been tested and treated for iron deficiency as infants. SETTING Periurban community near San Jose, Costa Rica. PARTICIPANTS Of the original 191 participants, 87% were reevaluated at 11 to 14 years old (average age: 12.3 years). The children were free of iron ...

Rational Management of Iron-Deficiency Anaemia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Anaemia is the most frequent, though often neglected, comorbidity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here we want to briefly present (1) the burden of anaemia in IBD, (2) its pathophysiology, which mostly arises from bleeding-associated iron deficiency, followed by (3) diagnostic evaluation of anaemia, (4) a balanced overview of the different modes of iron replacement therapy, (5) evidence fo...