Ch. 455 - IDA

Question 1

The most widespread and common nutritional disorder in the world

Answer 1

Iron deficiency

Question 2

It is therefore necessary to absorb approximately ___ mg iron daily to maintain positive iron balance in childhood

Answer 2

1

Question 3

Because <10% of dietary iron usually is absorbed, a dietary intake of ___ mg of iron daily is necessary to maintain iron levels.

Answer 3

8-10

Question 4

Breastfed infants have an advantage because they absorb iron ___ times more efficiently than infants fed cow’s milk

Answer 4

2-3

Question 5

Most iron in neonates is in ___

Answer 5

Circulating hemoglobin

Question 6

Iron stores are usually sufficient for blood formation in the first ___ mo of life in term infants

Answer 6

6-9

Question 7

Delayed clamping of cord is defined as

Answer 7

> 1-3min

Question 8

Early clamping of cord is defined as

Answer 8

Less than 30sec

Question 9

In term infants, anemia caused solely by inadequate dietary iron usually occurs at ___mo of age and is relatively uncommon thereafter.

Answer 9

9-24

Question 10

The usual dietary pattern observed in infants and toddlers with nutritional iron-deficiency anemia in developed countries is

Answer 10

Excessive consumption of cow’s milk (low iron content, blood loss from milk protein colitis) in a child who is often overweight

Question 11

___ must be considered as a possible cause in every case of iron-deficiency anemia, particularly in older children and adolescents

Answer 11

Blood loss

Question 12

Chronic intestinal blood loss induced by exposure to cow’s milk protein is characeteristically

Answer 12

Anemia that is more severe and earlier than IDA

Question 13

Blood loss caused by exposure to cow’s milk protein can be prevented by

Answer 13

1) Breastfeeding 2) Delaying introduction of whole cow’s milk in the 1st year of life 3) Limiting quantity of feeds to <24oz/24hr.

Question 14

Highest risk of IDA is among what age-group

Answer 14

Teenagers who are or have been