The aorta carries oxygenated blood to the body. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs and it is the only artery to carry deoxygenated blood. There are two veins associated with the heart. The vena cava, or great vein, carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the body.
Download PDF. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends screening for anemia between the ages of 9 to 12 months with additional screening between the ages of 1 and 5 years for patients at risk. The screening may be universal or selective depending on the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in the population.
Because nutritional factors were the cause in the vast majority of these cases, iron deficiency anemia began to be referred to as nutritional anemia.1 It soon became standard to screen all infants between nine and 12 months of age for iron deficiency by screening for anemia.