Papers/PMID:22419305
Enteral iron supplementation in preterm and low birth weight infants.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2012The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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iron(2+) — increases blood haemoglobin concentration
Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×4“We were only able to include a limited number of studies in a quantitative meta-analysis, which suggested the haemoglobin concentration in iron-supplemented infants was higher by about 6 g/L at six to nine months.”
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- meta-analysis
- Population
- Preterm and low birth weight infants given enteral iron supplementation versus no iron; limited subset of trials pooled; haemoglobin at six to nine months of age
Enteral iron supplementation in preterm and low birth weight infants.2012PMID:2241930510.1002/14651858.CD005095.pub2Permalink