Category Archives: Hematology

Iron Recommendations for Children

By Dr. Webpedi | Published: 2010-11-27

The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) has just published specific recommendations regarding diagnosis and prevention of iron-deficiency in children.

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Maternal – Infant Blood Group Discrepancies and Jaundice

By Dr. Webpedi | Published: 2010-11-03

A recent study demonstrated that 94% of newborn infants with blood-type B experience early rise to “significant hyperbilirubinemia”, within the first 24 hours of life, when Mother’s blood type is “O”  A maternal blood-type O is required to provoke this higher risk, and blood type B infants experienced higher rates of significant jaundice than those with blood-type A.

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Infant Anemia and Development

By Dr. Webpedi | Published: 2010-09-07

Researchers identified “poorer object  permanence and short-term memory encoding and/or retrieval in infants with IDA at 9 months.”

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