Letter to the EditorInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Publication: Physiological cord clamping: dawn to halt anemia in infancy
Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020;7(3):1203-1204.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200993
Abstract
All infants immediately following their birth experience a decrease in hemoglobin which result in varying degrees of anemia termed as physiology or early anemia of infancy. Normally after birth hemoglobin values fall from 14.6 to 22.5 g/dl to 10.0 to 12.0 g/dl within 8 to 10 weeks from age, after which the values gradually increase reaching the normal level at the end of 2 years
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- Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth- Deemed to be University, Ammapettai, Nellikuppam, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu