Opportunistic screening for iron deficiency in 6-36 month old children presenting to the paediatric emergency department

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pusic, Martin V ^a,d   Dawyduk, Brenda J ^b   Mitchell, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CANADA; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MASS SCREENING; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 28344452939     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-42     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. de Andraca I, Castillo M, Walter T: Psychomotor development and behavior in iron-deficient anemic infants. Nutrition Review 1997, 55: 125-132.
2. Grantham-McGregor S, Ani C: A review of studies on the effect of iron deficiency on cognitive development in children. Journal of Nutrition 2001, 131: 649S-666S.
3. Oski FA: Iron deficiency in infancy and childhood. New England Journal of Medicine 1993, 329: 190-193.
4. Saloojee H, Pettifor JM: Iron deficiency and impaired child development. British Medical Journal 2001, 323: 1377-1378.
5. Walter T: Effect of iron-deficiency anaemia on cognitive skills in infancy and childhood. Baillieres Clinical Haematology 1994, 7: 815-827.
6. Feightner JW: Prevention of iron-deficiency anemia in infants. In Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care. Edited by Health Canada. Ottawa: 1994:244-255.
7. Innis SM, Nelson CM, Wadsworth LD, MacLaren IA, Lwanga D: Incidence of iron-deficiency anaemia and depleted iron stores among nine-month-old infants in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 1997, Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique. 88: 80-84.
8. Bogen DL, Krause JP, Serwint JR: Outcome of Children identified as Anemic by Routine Screening in an Inner-city Clinic. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2001, 155: 366-371.
9. American Academy of Pediatrics: Iron deficiency. In Pediatric Nutrition Handbook. Edited by Kleinman R. 1998:233-246.
10. Schnall SF, Berliner N, Duffy TP, Benz Jr EJ: Approach to the Adult and Child with Anemia. In Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. Edited by Hoffman R, Benz Jr EJ, Shattil SJ, Furie B, Cohen HJ, Silberstein LE et al. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone; 2003:367-382.
11. White KC. Anemia is a poor predictor of iron deficiency among toddlers in the United States: For heme the bell tolls. Pediatrics 115[21], 315-320. 2005. Ref Type: Journal (Full)
12. Krauss BS, Harakal T, Fleisher GR: The spectrum and frequency of illness presenting to a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 1991, 7: 67-71.
13. Logan S, Martins S, Gilbert R: Iron therapy for improving psychomotor development and cognitive function in children under the age of three with iron deficiency anaemia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001, CD001444.
14. Idjradinata P, Pollitt E: Reversal of developmental delays in iron-deficient anaemic infants treated with iron. Lancet 1993, 341: 1-4.
15. Aukett MA, Parks YA, Scott PH, Wharton BA: Treatment with iron increases weight gain and psychomotor development. Arch Dis Child 1986, 61: 849-857.
16. James JA, Laing GJ, Logan S, Rossdale M: Feasibility of screening toddlers for iron deficiency anaemia in general practice [see comments]. BMJ 1997, 315: 102-103.
17. Boutry M, Needlman R: Use of diet history in the screening of iron deficiency. Pediatrics 1996, 98: 1138-1142.
18. Croskerry P: The cognitive imperative: thinking about how we think. Acad Emerg Med 2000, 7: 1223-1231.
19. Tufte E: Visual Explanations. Chesire Connecticut: Graphics Press; 1997.
20. Davis DA, Thomson MA, Oxman AD, Haynes RB: Changing physician performance. A systematic review of the effect of continuing medical education strategies. JAMA 1995, 274: 700-705.
21. Lomas J: Diffusion, dissemination, and implementation: who should do what? Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993, 703: 226-235.