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11424818

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic anemia is very frequent in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Lowered red cells life span, hemolysis, low production of erythropoietin, phlebotomies, excessive body growth are its most important causes. A reduction of the number of transfusions to babies with chronic anemia was obtained through r-HuEpo. A serie accounting for 89 newborns < 1500 g (18 < 1000 g) with a mean weight of 1069 g (+/- 238) in whom early treatment with r-HuEpo was performed (from 9.55 +/- 3.04 day), 300 UI three times a week s.c., is presented. Therapy with r-HuEpo was carried out for 6 weeks, or until the baby weighed 1800 g. During the treatment, each baby received iron, folic acid, multivitaminic supplements. Patients were monitored with red blood cells count, comprehensive of reticolocytes, ipochromic cells (Ipo-cells), content of hemoglobin of reticolocytes (CHr), each week. Iron, ferritine and transferrine were obtained only twice a month, as they required further blood sampling. 10.1% neonates received transfusions: the percentage of transfused VLBW infants was much higher (55.5%) before than after the introduction of r-HuEpo (p = 0.0002). 33.3% extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants required transfusions (vs 95.5% in pre r-HuEpo period) (p < 0.0001). Our results confirm the importance of Ipo-cells and CHr to monitor early alterations of iron cellular employment.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0392-4203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
[Use of recombinant human erythropoietin in newborns with very low weight: efficacy monitoring].
pubmed:affiliation
Cattedra di Neonatologia, Università di Torino. bagna@pediatria.unito.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract