A Clinical Statistics on the Pediatric Patients with Anemia

ABSTRACT

This clinical study was made on 505 cases with anemia and 34 cases with severe anemia among 2021 patients hospitalized in the Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans university Hospital for recent five years from 1973 to 1977. 1) The incidence of anemia was 25.0% The incidence of severe anemia was 1.7% 2) The anemia occurred more often in male than female (1.8 1) The ratio of severe anemia was higher in male (2.8 1) 3) The age distribution was late childhood (6 to 12 years of age), preschool children (2 to 6 years of age), infancy (1 month to 2 years of age) in frequency. The severe anemia was frequent in preschool children and late childhood. 4) The causes of anemia were infection, iron deficiency anemia, acute hemorrhage in order. The causes of severe anemia were leukemia, acute hemorrhage, infection in order. 5) Mild anemia occurred almost in non-hematologic diseases. Severe anemia occurred in hematologic and non-hematologic diseases equally. 6) In the hematologic diseases, the incidence of mild anemia was high in iron deficiency anemia, and the incidence of severe anemia was high in leukemia, aplastic anemia in order.