Timing of Iron Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
To examine if early iron supplementation (starting oral iron at 14 days of life) would
improve the nutritional iron status(measured by serum ferritin) of very low birth weight
infants at postnatal age of 60 days, when compared to the standard regime of starting iron at
2 months of life.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi