Children First: Infant Health in Oklahoma

Hemoglobin increases with advancing gestational age: at term, cord blood hemoglobin is 16.8 g/dL (14-20 g/dL); hemoglobin levels in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are 1-2 g/dL below those in term infants. A hemoglobin value less than the normal range of hemoglobin for birth weight and postnatal age is defined as anemia16 ................
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