Anemia in Children -- American Family Physician

Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children.

Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Recommendation Statement.

A collection of USPSTF recommendation statements published in AFP is available at http://www. aafp.org/afp/uspstf. Summary of Recommendation and Evidence The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for iron deficiency anemia in children ages 6 to 24 months (Table 1). I statement. Go to the Clinical Considerations sectio...

Iron Deficiency and Other Types of Anemia in Infants and Children.

Anemia, defined as a hemoglobin level two standard deviations below the mean for age, is prevalent in infants and children worldwide. The evaluation of a child with anemia should begin with a thorough history and risk assessment. Characterizing the anemia as microcytic, normocytic, or macrocytic based on the mean corpuscular volume will aid in the workup and management. Microcytic anemia due to...

Evaluation of anemia in children.

Anemia is defined as a hemoglobin level of less than the 5th percentile for age. Causes vary by age. Most children with anemia are asymptomatic, and the condition is detected on screening laboratory evaluation. Screening is recommended only for high-risk children. Anemia is classified as microcytic, normocytic, or macrocytic, based on the mean corpuscular volume. Mild microcytic anemia may be t...

Screening for iron deficiency anemia--including iron supplementation for children and pregnant women.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is redesigning its recommendation statement in response to feedback from primary care clinicians. The USPSTF plans to release, later in 2006, a new, updated recommendation statement that is easier to read and incorporates advances in USPSTF methodology. This recommendation statement is an interim version that combines existing language and elemen...