Validity of using pallor to detect children with mild anemia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-234

  Yurdakök, Kadriye ^a   Güner, Şükrü N ^a   Yalçin, S Songül ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mild anemia; Pallor; Palm; Validity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND PALM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40949088216     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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