INCREASED LEVELS AND POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN ERYTHROPOIETIN AND HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS IN NEWBORN CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WHO ARE SMOKERS

Authors
VARVARIGOU A BERATIS NG MAKRI M VAGENAKIS AG
Citation
A. Varvarigou et al., INCREASED LEVELS AND POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN ERYTHROPOIETIN AND HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS IN NEWBORN CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WHO ARE SMOKERS, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(3), 1994, pp. 480-482
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
480 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:3<480:ILAPCB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The mean erythropoietin concentration in the cord blood of neonates wh ose mothers were smokers was greater than in neonates whose mothers we re not smokers. There was a significant positive correlation between e rythropoietin and hemoglobin concentrations. The findings suggest that approximately one of five fetuses who are exposed to tobacco smoke ar e in a state of chronic hypoxia.