THE INFLUENCE OF IRON AND DIET ON THE BLOOD IN PREGNANCY
Authors: Frank H. Bethell, Sprague H. Gardiner, Frances Mackinnon
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 July 1939THE INFLUENCE OF IRON AND DIET ON THE BLOOD IN PREGNANCYFRANK H. BETHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P., SPRAGUE H. GARDINER, M.D., FRANCES MACKINNON, M.S.FRANK H. BETHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SPRAGUE H. GARDINER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANCES MACKINNON, M.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-1-91 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTrue anemia of pregnancy may be defined as a condition characterized by decrease in red blood cells or hemoglobin or both below the levels which may be considered as physiologic for the period of gestation, such decrease being associated with and dependent upon the gravid state. It is to be distinguished from anemia coincidental with pregnancy such as may result from hemorrhage, infection or primary blood dyscrasia.The significance of anemia of pregnancy lies in its prevalence, its effect upon the health of both mother and infant, its response to appropriate therapy and its preventability. Moreover, accurate blood examination as...Bibliography1. , Rep. on Physiological Bases of Nutrition, 1935, London. Google Scholar2. COWGILL GR: Human requirements for vitamin B1 , Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 1009. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SHERMANSANFORD HCCS: Riboflavin: dietary sources and requirements, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 1228. Google Scholar4. BETHELL FH: The blood changes in normal pregnancy and their relation to the iron and protein supplied by the diet, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 564. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DIECKMANNWEGNER WJCR: The blood in normal pregnancy: blood and plasma volumes, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liii, 71. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FULLERTON HW: Anaemia in poor class women with special reference to pregnancy and menstruation, Brit. Med. Jr., 1936, ii, 523. Hypochromic anaemias of pregnancy and puerperium, Ibid., 1936, ii, 577. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KYERBETHELL JFH: Production of macrocytic anemia in the pregnant rat by diets low in protein, Arch. Path., 1938, xxv, 767. Google Scholar8. GOLDHAMER SM: "Pernicious anemia" of pregnancy, Proc. Cent. Soc. Clin. Res., 1938, page 45. Google Scholar9. WILLS L: Studies in pernicious anaemia of pregnancy; tropical macrocytic anaemia as deficiency disease with special reference to vitamin B complex, Indian Jr. Med. Res., 1934, xxi, 669. Google Scholar10. ELSOM KO: Macrocytic anemia in pregnant women with vitamin B deficiency, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 463. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. WATSON HG: The blood picture of pregnancy, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1938, xxxv, 106. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CORRIGANSTRAUSS JCMD: The prevention of hypochromic anemia in pregnancy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 1088. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, Michigan*Read at the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 29, 1939.From the Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Department of Dietetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Value of Iron Supplementation During PregnancyChanges in Beliefs and Food Practices in Pregnancy ,INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF VITAMIN B12DILUTION ANÆMIAThe anaemias of pregnancy in DublinIRON-DEFICIENCY ANÆMIA IN PREGNANCYErnährungskrankheitenErnährungskrankheitenThe Treatment of the Macrocytic AnaemiasThe Composition of the Blood of Women during Pregnancy and after DeliveryAnemias of PregnancyThe Amino Acid Requirements of ManProtein deficiency in manAbstracts of current literatureThe Need for Better Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation1Etiology of the Anemias 1 July 1939Volume 13, Issue 1Page: 91-100KeywordsAnemiaBloodDietHemoglobinHemorrhageInfantsObstetrics and gynecologyPregnancyRed blood cells ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...