Childhood anemia is a public health problem in Peru. Physiologically, its main effect is the decrease of oxygen supply to tissues, which can have acute and chronic consequences in the infant, ranging from physical and transient deterioration to severe and permanent deterioration of physical and mental (cognitive) development. The diagnosis of anemia in the infant is not an easy task but by consensus a hemoglobin or hematocrit equal to or lower than the 5th percentile is used as the diagnostic threshold for the age, race and sex of the patient. Hemoglobin levels are usually high (> 14 g/dL) at birth to hemoglobin decrease rapidly, reaching a nadir of ~ 11 g/dL at 6-9 weeks of age due to the "physiological anemia of childhood". The causes of anemia according to the age of presentation. In neonates, immune haemolytic disease, infectious diseases, inherited disorders, delayed umbilical co...

Childhood anemia is a public health problem in Peru. Physiologically, its main effect is the decrease of oxygen supply to tissues, which can have acute and chronic consequences in the infant, ranging from physical and transient deterioration to severe and permanent deterioration of physical and mental (cognitive) development. The diagnosis of anemia in the infant is not an easy task but by consensus a hemoglobin or hematocrit equal to or lower than the 5th percentile is used as the diagnostic threshold for the age, race and sex of the patient. Hemoglobin levels are usually high (> 14 g/dL) at birth to hemoglobin decrease rapidly, reaching a nadir of ~ 11 g/dL at 6-9 weeks of age due to the "physiological anemia of childhood". The causes of anemia according to the age of presentation. In neonates, immune haemolytic disease, infectious diseases, inherited disorders, delayed umbilical co...