Randomized trial of iron supplementation versus routine iron intake in VLBW infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Taylor, Tiffany A ^a   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron supplementation; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE PLUS MULTIVITAMIN; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST MILK; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; VITAMINS;

EID: 84873472840     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1822     Document Type: Article

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