Iron Therapy for Preterm Infants

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-42

  Rao, Raghavendra ^a,b   Georgieff, Michael K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Infant; Iron; Iron overload; Premature; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD;

EID: 58249088749     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.09.013     Document Type: Review

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