Abstract :
Objective: To determine the frequency of anemia in children with palmar pallor aged 02 months to 05 years
Patients and Methods: This cross sectional descriptive study of six months (01-12-2012 to 31-05-2013) was
conducted in the department of paediatrics at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. All the children, from 02
months to 05 years, of either gender had palmar pallor on examination were recruited and evaluated for anemia by
assessing the level of haemoglobin and categorized anemia as mild, moderate and severe. The data was analyzed in
SPSS version 16.00, the frequency and percentage was calculated. The chi-square test was applied at 95%
confidence interval and the p- value ≤0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Result: During 06 month study period total 137 children with clinically palmar pallor aged 02 months to 05 years
were evaluated for the anemia biochemically by assessing the level of haemoglobin level. The mean age ±SD of
overall children was 2.95±6.86, while the mean age ± SD of male and female children was 3.21±4.62 and 2.63±3.72
respectively. The anemia was observed in 94(68.6%) in children with palmar pallor (p = 0.01), of which 70(89.7)
were males and 24(40.7%) were females (p
Keyword :
Anemia, Palmar pallor and Haemoglobin,