PMID- 7343922
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19820814
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0391-5387 (Print)
IS  - 0391-5387 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
DP  - 1981 Jul-Aug
TI  - [Incidence of anaemia in congenital heart diseases (author's transl)].
PG  - 309-12
AB  - Hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 
      (MCHC) were determined in 36 acyanotic and 38 cyanotic patients with congenital 
      heart disease. Serum iron (SI) was also determined in 16 cyanotic patients. 
      Patients were classified as follows: Gp I, 0.5-5 years old and Gp II, 6-12 years. 
      In acyanotic patients, anaemia (Hb 11 gr%) was present in 35% for Gp I and 18.7% 
      for Gp II (Hb 11.5 gr%), a figure which is similar to the general Greek 
      children's population. In cyanotic patients which have normal or high Hb 
      concentration, when SI was used as an index, anaemia (SI 60 g%) was found in 
      37.5% for Gp I and 12.5% for Gp II. Furthermore, when using as index the MCHC the 
      percentage of anaemia (MCHC 31%) was further increased in those patients (44% for 
      Gp I and 23.8% for Gp II). Four cyanotic infants with MCHC 31% developed 
      cerebrovascular accidents. The data show 1) that the MCHC is a convenient and 
      accurate index of iron deficiency anaemia in children with cyanotic heart disease 
      and 2) that the incidence of hypochromic anaemia is high in cyanotic patients.
FAU - Drossos, C
AU  - Drossos C
FAU - Thanapoulos, B
AU  - Thanapoulos B
FAU - Papadimitrou, T
AU  - Papadimitrou T
FAU - Milingos, M
AU  - Milingos M
FAU - Papadimitrou, A
AU  - Papadimitrou A
FAU - Kostantelloy, E
AU  - Kostantelloy E
FAU - Ikkos, D
AU  - Ikkos D
LA  - ita
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Incidenza dell'anemia nelle cardiopatie congenite.
PL  - Italy
TA  - Pediatr Med Chir
JT  - La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics
JID - 8100625
SB  - IM
MH  - Anemia/*etiology
MH  - Anemia, Hypochromic/etiology
MH  - Cerebrovascular Disorders/etiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cyanosis/etiology
MH  - Heart Defects, Congenital/*complications
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
EDAT- 1981/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1981/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1981/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1981/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1981/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1981/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Med Chir. 1981 Jul-Aug;3(4):309-12.