FREQUENCY, DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND RECOVERY FROM IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN CHILDREN

Meneses Castañeda R.M.; Bernal Duran X.; Castillo Sánchez G.; Díaz Torres D.; Félix Vega R.; López Yupanqui Á.; Quica Tapia J.; Quiñones Dueñas S.; Ruiz Cadenas V.; Saenz-Orihuela G.L. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2026) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v26i1.6506

Resumen

The frequency, severity, and recovery of iron deficiency anemia in children aged 6 months to 5 years were determined through an observational, descriptive, and retrospective study that included 158 children with iron deficiency anemia in Chorrillos. The diagnosis was based on a baseline hemoglobin level < 11.0g / dL and iron treatment; recovery was defined as a hemoglobin level ≥ 11.0g / dL within six months after treatment initiation. The frequency was 7.3, and the recovery rate was 10.8. Males (56.3), young infants (55.1), mild anemia (81.0), and ferrous sulfate treatment (56.3) predominated; likewise, the median age was ten months and the median hemoglobin level was 10.5g / dL. The prescribed treatment (iron polymaltose or ferrous sulfate) differed according to anemia severity (p = 0.045), and recovery differed according to baseline hemoglobin level (p = 0.022). Therefore, iron deficiency anemia was frequent, and its therapeutic recovery was limited in this population. Article published by the Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana of Universidad Ricardo Palma. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited.

Instituciones: Universidad Ricardo Palma