ABSTRACT
9.1. You are asked to see a 5-week-old baby whose birth weight was 1.3603 kg. Delivery was normal and his haemoglobin at birth was normal. The baby has fed and gained weight well. However, his haemoglobin is now 8g/100ml. You would expect the anaemia to be due to
increase in blood volume.
lack of iron in the diet.
normal attrition and non-replacement of red blood cells.
increased fragility of red cells.
lack of iron absorption.
