Prevalence of anemia among children patients in Tripoli University Hospital

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia among children admitted to Tripoli University Hospital. This study includes 199children who were admitted pediatric department at Tripoli University Hospital. Data for this study was collected from September - December 2022. Data collection on, age, gender, complete blood count (Sysmex), complete blood count (hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was obtained from hospital archive files. The prevalence of anemia among children was 29.65%. The largest percentage was 57.63% among births from the age of 3 days to 20 months, then followed by 6-11 years was 16.95%. then from 12 to 15 years was 13.56%. The lowest percentage was in the age group of 1-5 years 11.86%. Out of 59 anemics, 76% had mild anemia, and 22 % had moderate anemia and 1.7% had severe anemia. The prevalence of anemia among children in this study was considered moderate, according to this study the most prevalent conditions were mild anemia while the severe type was the least. Keywords: Anemia, hemoglobin, children, mean corpuscular volume, Tripoli University Hospital.