TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Anemia
A1  - Powers, Jacquelyn M.
A1  - Heeney, Matthew M.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Anemia  is  defined  as  a  hemoglobin  concentration  or  hematocrit  less  than  normal  for  a  specific  age  and  gender.  Both  age  and  gender  are  essential  considerations  when  making  a  diagnosis  of  anemia,  as  is  the  fact  that  some  laboratories  use  only  adult  normal  range  values  and  will  erroneously  report  normal  pediatric  levels  of  hemoglobin  as  low.  Using  a  definition  of  anemia  as  2  standard  deviations  below  the  mean  results  in  2.5%  of  children  meeting  the  criteria  for  anemia.  Children  with  such  “statistical  anemia”  should  continue  to  follow  along  the  same  hembogloin  percentile  for  age  over  time;  but  must  also  be  confirmed  as  healthy  and  “normal”  by  ruling  out  other  etiologies  for  anemia.  Age-related  normal  means  and  ranges  for  hemoglobin,  hematocrit,  and  mean  corpuscular  volume  (MCV)  are  shown  elsewhere  (Table  425-1).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182909625
ER  -