Microcytosis and possible early iron deficiency in paediatric inpatients: A retrospective audit

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Subramanian, Deepak N ^a   Kitson, Sarah ^b   Bhaniani, Amit ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Australia)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROCYTOSIS; PEDIATRICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF TRAINING; BLOOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649729973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-36     Document Type: Article

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