Zinc Protoporphyrin-to-Heme Ratio and Ferritin as Measures of Iron Sufficiency in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 194, Issue , 2018, Pages 47-53

  German, Kendell ^a   Vu, Phuong T ^a   Grelli, Kimberly N ^b   Denton, Christopher ^c   Lee, Gina ^a   Juul, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

ferritin; iron; iron sufficiency; neonates; NICU; zinc protoporphyrin to heme ratio

Indexed keywords

DARBE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEME; IRON; PLACEBO; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PREMATURITY;

BIOMARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; IRON; MALE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 85036651482     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.10.041     Document Type: Article

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