Anaemia of prematurity

Definition

A paediatric condition characterised by a decrease in number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of haemoglobin in the blood of a newborn associated with the child being born prior to completing 37 weeks of gestation.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Haemorrhagic or haematological disorders of fetus or newborn

• KA80Fetal blood loss
• KA81Umbilical haemorrhage of newborn
• KA82Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus or newborn
• KA83Certain specified neonatal haemorrhages
• KA84Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn
• KA85Hydrops fetalis due to haemolytic disease
• KA86Neonatal kernicterus
• KA87Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia