Ehrhardt P
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1986 Jan 11;292(6513):90-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6513.90.
Haematological parameters and iron state were studied in children admitted to hospital consecutively during a six month period. A total of 147 of 598 children (24.6%) were anaemic, with haemoglobin values below the third centile of the reference range, and 131 of 400 children (32.8%) were iron deficient, with serum ferritin concentrations less than 10 micrograms/l. Both findings were more common in children from the Asian ethnic minority. The "routine" full blood count is a useful tool for the presumptive identification of iron deficiency in childhood. Iron deficiency is deleterious to the health of young children. In view of its extent and degree--not exclusively among the Asian ethnic minority--a community based preventive programme on the lines of the Stop Rickets Campaign is recommended.
在六个月期间连续入院的儿童中研究了血液学参数和铁状态。598名儿童中有147名(24.6%)贫血,血红蛋白值低于参考范围的第三百分位数,400名儿童中有131名(32.8%)缺铁,血清铁蛋白浓度低于10微克/升。这两种情况在亚洲少数民族儿童中更为常见。“常规”全血细胞计数是初步识别儿童缺铁的有用工具。缺铁对幼儿健康有害。鉴于其范围和程度——并非仅在亚洲少数民族中——建议开展类似“防治佝偻病运动”的社区预防项目。