Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children with Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences | ||
| Article 2, Volume 10, Issue 2, October 2022, Pages 18-30 PDF (692.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kjms.2022.136168.1036 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mayyadah Kifah Khawaja* 1; Faliha Hassan2 | ||
| 1Pediatric department, Azadi teaching hospital, Kirkuk, Iraq | ||
| 2Department of pediatric nephrology, Child Central teaching hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Anemia is one of the many complications seen in patients with persistent nephrotic syndrome and may occur as a result of excessive urinary losses of iron, transferrin, erythropoietin, transcobalamin and/or metals. Aim of the study: search for iron deficiency in children with nephrotic syndrome. Patient and method: This cross-sectional study included two groups of patients, 40 patients with steroid sensitive and resistant nephrotic syndrome, aged 2-12 year of age, of either sex, who attended Child Central Teaching hospital during the period from June 2018 to April 2019. A thorough full history and clinical examination was done and all patients have been sent for investigation to search for anemia. Results: 35% of patients with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome were complaining from anemia, while none of patients with steroid responsive had anemia of any cause. There was a significant difference (P= 0.001) between study group in Blood Film results as all patients of responsive group showed normal blood film compared to only seventy-five percent in resistant group. Conclusion: iron deficiency anemia has been observed to occur in higher frequency in steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome due to difficulty in controlling proteinuria and the continuing iron losses. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Iron Deficiency; Idiopathic; Nephrotic; Anemia | ||
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