RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE ASSOCIATION OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA WITH ABNORMAL NEUROMOTOR DEVELOPMENT
Abstract:
Iron deficiency is the most common deficiency in macronutrients worldwide. Nutritional
anemia is associated with altered psychomotor development, coordination, learning ability, spatial
memory, selective attention and an increased incidence of psychiatric pathology. We performed a
retrospective study on 783 patients admitted with a diagnosis of psychomotor development disorder in
Sibiu Pediatric Hospital until 2016 for which we observed the corpuscular indices (MCV, MCH and
MCHC) and blood iron levels. The objective was to determine if iron deficiency anemia is associated
with psychomotor development delay. Our results confirm the association between nutritional anemia
and the delay in psychomotor acquisitions and we recommend the integration of monitoring the
nutritional status in the evaluation protocol of patients with a development disorder. Correcting
deficiencies, especially of iron deficiency anemia could limit or improve neurocognitive impairment.
Patients with severe disorders of psychomotor development may be exposed to iron deficiency anemia
due to eating difficulties or food peculiarities.
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