Comparative hematological studies of iron and phosphorus blood levels in mother and newborn baby

Abstract

1.1. The total blood iron, plasma iron, hemoglobin, and inorganic phosphate blood levels were estimated in mothers, after they were delivered, and in their newborn infants. Packed-cell volume and total erythrocyte counts were also noted.2.2. Inorganic phosphate levels in the mother and in the newborn were 4.1 ± 1.3 mg. per 100 ml. of blood and 1.6 ± 0.85 mg. per 100 ml. of blood, respectively. Hemoglobin levels in the mother and the newborn were 11.4 ± 2.9 Gm. per 100 ml. of blood and 16.8 ± 3.1 Gm. per 100 ml. of blood, respectively. Total blood iron and plasma iron levels in the mothers and infants were 38.8 ± 4.5 mg. per 100 ml. of blood and 328 ± 47 μg per 100 ml. of plasma 57.6 ± 8.9 mg. per 100 ml. of blood and 152 ± 26 μg per 100 ml. of plasma, respectively. The packed-cell volume in the mothers was 4.15 ± 0.53 and in the newborn, 5.7 ± 0.61 million per mm.3 of blood.3.3. No possible interrelationship of iron and phosphate metabolism during parturition in mother and newborn infant was noted.