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Amaç: Vitamin B12 eksikliği çocuklarda sık görülen ve çok çeşitli bulgularla Gereç ve Bulgular: Toplam 309 olgunun %43.7 (135)’sinde Vitamin B12 eksikliği saptanırken, Sonuç:Vitamin B12 eksikliğinin anemi yapmadan da pek çok semptom ve Anahtar Kelimeler: Vitamin
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ABSTRACT
Objective:Vitamin B12 deficiency is a clinical entity that is common in children and can
confort with a wide variety of finding. This study was conducted to draw
attention to the fact that Vitamin B12 deficiency may confront many symptoms and findings without anemia.
Material and Methods:Our study was retrospective and performed by 309 patients who applied
policlinics for various reasons of Zeynep Kamil Women And Children Diseases
Hospital between the dates of january 2015 and july 2015. At the study children
whose Vitamin B12 levels measured for any reason were inspected.Besides Vitamin
B12 levels,levels of folate, iron, iron binding capacity, ferritin, parameters
of hemogram and reasons of application to policlinic were evaluated
statistically.
Results: Vitamin B12 deficiency was detected in %43.7 (135) of 309 cases whereas Vitamin
B12 level %56,3 (174).In cases with B 12
deficiency,
fatigue %20,5 (26), loss of appetite %17,3 (22), paleness %15 (19), growth
retardation %8,7 (11) and other complaints (impaired walking, convulsions,
diarrhea, percent swelling, early puberty, menstrual irregularity etc ) were
found to be %35,4 (45). In case with Vitamin
B12 deficiency, hemoglobin value was low in only %35,1 (47), normal in %61,9
(83) and hematocrit was low in %38,8 (52), normal in %56 (75) and only %4,8 (4)
of cases of high levelmean corpusculer volüm (MCV).
Conclusion: Vitamin B12 deficiency can show itself with many symptoms
and findings without causing macrositer anemia. This conclusion will be useful in the early
recognition of Vitamin B12 deficiency and prevention of complications that
may arise considering the patient approaches.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Original Research |
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Publication Date | March 5, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 |