PMID- 24251255
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131119
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2249-4847 (Print)
IS  - 1658-6093 (Electronic)
IS  - 2249-4847 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Jul
TI  - Assessment of iron status and red cell parameters in healthy full term small for 
      gestational age neonates at birth.
PG  - 121-4
LID - 10.4103/2249-4847.119995 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Hematological values of the newborn babies vary according to the 
      gestational age and intrauterine growth. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study 
      is to compare the iron status and red cell parameters in healthy term small for 
      gestational age (SGA) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) neonates. 
      MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective hospital based study was conducted in a 
      tertiary care teaching institution of central India. 50 AGA and 50 SGA neonates 
      were included in the study and serum iron, serum ferritin and red cell parameters 
      (hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC) count and hematocrit (Hct), mean 
      corpuscular volume (MCV), means corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and red cell distribution width (RDW]) were 
      estimated within 24 h of birth. RESULTS: Serum ferritin levels were significantly 
      low in SGA neonates as compared with AGA (mean 103 vs. 158 ng/ml; P=0.001) 
      neonates. In SGA neonates, mean values of Hb (P=0.001), RBC count (P=0.018) and 
      Hct (P=0.005) were significantly higher than in AGA neonates. Higher values of 
      RDW and MCV were seen in SGA group in comparison with AGA neonates. Similarly, 
      lower values of serum iron, MCH and MCHC were seen in the same group; although, 
      these were non-significant. CONCLUSION: Despite higher Hb content, SGA neonates 
      are deficient in iron store at birth as indicated by lower serum ferritin levels 
      in them and early iron supplementation should be considered in them.
FAU - Patidar, Shailendra
AU  - Patidar S
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College and Kamla Nehru Hospital, 
      Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
FAU - Shrivastava, Jyotsna
AU  - Shrivastava J
FAU - Agrawal, Amit
AU  - Agrawal A
FAU - Dwivedi, Rashmi
AU  - Dwivedi R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Clin Neonatol
JT  - Journal of clinical neonatology
JID - 101605525
PMC - PMC3830146
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Complete blood count
OT  - serum ferritin
OT  - serum iron
OT  - term appropriate for gestational age neonate
OT  - term small for gestational age neonates
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2013/11/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/20 06:01
PMCR- 2013/07/01
CRDT- 2013/11/20 06:00
PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/20 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JCN-3-121 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2249-4847.119995 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Neonatol. 2013 Jul;2(3):121-4. doi: 10.4103/2249-4847.119995.