Caracterización de la anemia en niños de 6 a 23 meses de edad asignados a tres consultorios de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria Centro de salud Guasmo Oeste Manglar. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines anemia as thedecrease in hemoglobin level two standard deviations below normal for age and sex. Normal values in children from 6 months to 5 years are 11 / gr / dl and from 6 years to 14 years the normal value is 12 gr / dl (3). According to IMCI, anemia is classified as: without anemia> 11 g / dl, mild anemia 10 - 10.9 g / dl, moderate anemia 7 - 9.9 g / dl, and severe anemia: Hb <7.0 g / dl (4) Methods: The objective was to characterize anemia in children from 6 - 23 months of age assigned to 2 clinics of the Postgraduate in Family and Community Medicine of the Guasmo Oeste Manglar health center, in which a descriptive, prospective, crosssectional study was carried out.