Diagnostic accuracy comparison between clinical signs and hemoglobin color scale as screening methods in the diagnosis of anemia in children Comparação da acurácia do diagnóstico dos sinais clínicos e da escala de cores de hemoglobina como métodos de triagem no diagnóstico da anemia em crianças

Diagnostic accuracy comparison between clinical signs and hemoglobin color scale as screening methods in the diagnosis of anemia in children Comparação da acurácia do diagnóstico dos sinais clínicos e da escala de cores de hemoglobina como métodos de triagem no diagnóstico da anemia em crianças

OBJECTIVES: to compare the validity and reproducibility of clinical signs with the World Health Organization hemoglobin color scale. METHODS: Two hundred six children in the age range of 6-23 months, at the Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira, IMIP, were assessed. Two examiners evalua...

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Main Authors: Luciana Pedrosa Leal, Mônica M. Osório
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2006-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
Subjects:
Anemia
Hemoglobinas
Diagnóstico
Criança
Hemoglobins
Diagnosis
Child
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292006000200005

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