Neurodevelopmental performance among pre-schoolers treated for severe anaemia at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.
Andrew Sentoogo SsemataRobert O OpokaJohn M SsenkusuNoeline NakasujjaChandy C JohnPaul BangiranaPublished in: PloS one (2020)
In children < 5 years of age, severe anaemia was associated with neurocognitive (cognition, language and motor) deficits in the immediate period post treatment. Further research is needed to identify risk factors and determine the long-term effects of poor neurodevelopment in young children with severe anaemia.