Nonphysiological anaemia of prematurity.

Anæmias of the Newborn and Early Infancy *Read by invitation at a meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society held on 14th December 1938.

Prematurity, haemorrhage, and erythroblastosis are common causes of anaemia in early infancy, while infection and congenital iron deficiency are relatively unimportant causes in the early months. The Anaemia of Prematurity.?Anaemia is common in premature infants and its severity varies directly with the degree of immaturity. There are two distinct phases of anaemia in premature infants. The fir...

Blood Formation in Infancy Part Iv*-the Early Anaemia of Prematurity

2 3 4 chromia of the red cells and a response to iron therapy, does not differ from the hypochromic anaemia common in other infants of over 6 months. It reflects the precarious iron balance during infancy, exaggerated by several factors which bear on the premature infant, such as its smaller initial iron stores, its more rapid growth, and its tendency to receive a purely milk diet for a prolong...

The prevention of anaemia of prematurity.

It was most unfortunate that, because of the minimal risk of producing a tumour at the site of injection, the use of intramuscular iron-dextran complex, used for some time as an effective prophylactic against late anaemia of prematurity, had to be discontinued. A single injection had a long term effect and avoided the need for daily oral iron. Thus it became necessary to determine if oral treat...

The effect of cobalt and iron salts on the anaemia of prematurity.

Factors Associated with Prematurity in Warri Niger Delta; an Eight Year Review

ABSTRACT Prematurity is a major cause morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The factors associated with preterm births in Warri over an eight year period include, low socioeconomic class, place of antenatal care, antenatal complications notably hypertension in pregnancy, fever, anaemia and bleeding in pregnancy. Other associated factors include multiple gestations, previous history o...