A Severe Case of Anæmia Associated with Hookworm Not Responding to Oral Iron Therapy and Parenteral Liver Extract Treated with Intravenous Iron
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On examination.?There was puffiness of the face and slight oedema around the ankles, marked pallor and slight icteric tinge of the conjunctivae. Tongue very pale and smooth. Temperature 99.6?F. Pulse 100 and respiration 24 per minute. B.P. 110/60 mm. of Hg. A few scattered rhonchi were audible in both lungs and no abnormality was detected in the heart. Spleen and liver were both palpable. In the central nervous system nothing abnormal
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