Anaemia in children attending the General Hospital Ogoja, Cross River State- Nigeria

Abstract

This study was carried out in a General Hospital setting, in a semi urban area to screen children for anaemia. All children who attended the General Hospital, Ogoja during the nine months study period had haemoglobin and haematocrit levels done on them. This was irrespective of the disease entities for which the attendance were made. The haemoglobin levels were obtained using the Haemoglobinometer while the packet cell volume values were obtained using the microhaemotocrit method. 175 children, aged 4 months to 10 Years were in involved in the study 64% of the children were found to be anaemic and 98 (87.5%) were five year old or below. It is recommended that children attending any health facility for whatever illness should be screened for anaemia.



Key words: Childhood Anaemia, Ogoja, Cross River State-Nigeria.


(Global J Med Sci: 2003 2(1): 71-73)