Preventive Effect of Different Dosage of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Anemia of Premature Infants
摘要
To assess the efficacy and the optimum dose of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) on the anemia of premature, 45 preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 35 weeks and birth weight of less 1800 g were randomly assigned to treatment group 1 (n=15, receiving subcutaneous rhEpo 150 U/kg·time), treatment group 2 (n=15, receiving 250 U/kg·time), three times a week for 6 weeks, and control group (n=15, no treatment was given).All preterm infants received supplements of vitamin E (20 IU) and iron (20 mg) each day. Our results showed that postnatal decline of hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit (Hct) were lessened in the treatment groups, particularly in the group 2 and the differences were very significant (P 0.05).Serum iron dropped significantly in the treatment groups as compared with control group (P<0.01 for all), bu