Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

Prevalence and Patterns of anemia during pregnancy in a Hospital based study.

Saurabh Shrivastava, Vishakha Rathore

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Background: Anemia in pregnancy is related to maternal–fetal morbidity and mortality. In developing countries like India it is important to study prevalence and pattern of anemia in pregnancy especially in the region with higher maternal mortality rate. The main objective was to study the prevalence and pattern of anemia in pregnant females. Methods: In this cross sectional study females with pregnancy were evaluated for presence of anemia with its morphological type and severity. Results: A total of 146 pregnant females were evaluated, out of which 103 were found to be anemic and prevalence of anemia was found 70.5%. The percentages of mild, moderate and severe anemia were 37.9%, 46.7% and 15.4% respectively. Most common morphological type was microcytic anemia (51.4%) followed by dimorphic anemia (23.3%), normocytic anemia (14.5%), and macrocytic anemia (10.8%). Conclusions: There is high prevalence of anemia in pregnant females. This warrants the need of proper prophylaxis and early diagnosis of anemia in pregnancy to minimize the maternal–fetal morbidity and mortality

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PREVALENCE AND PATTERNS OF ANEMIA DURING PREGNANCY IN A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY., Saurabh Shrivastava, Vishakha Rathore INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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