Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY IN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION IN RAJNANDGAON CHATTISGARH.

Radhika Rai, Yogesh Pawde

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BACKGROUND: Anaemia is a major public health problem during the pregnancythroughout the world. Globally almost half of the pregnant mothers are anemic. The hematological data representative of anaemia among Asian countries, India has highest prevalence and continuesto be serious health problem. Studying the prevalence of Anemia in pregnancy aids in establishingthe magnitude of the problem and helps the antenatal health providers in early detection andmanagement. In a teaching hospital based a population study of Anemia in pregnancy is strongindication of true Anemia prevalence in the community, as large numbers of patients from differentbackgrounds attend the hospital. OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted to know the prevalence ofAnemia in pregnancy in and around Rajnandgaon ,c.g. This study related with the Prevalence ofAnemia in pregnancy in relation to age, gravida, parity, trimester and morphological types ofAnemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The material for this study is obtained from in–patient and out–patients attending the OBG department at BSR APOLLO HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER RAJNANDGAON: Automated hematology analyzer – Sysmex–Kx21 and peripheral smear study were used to study theanaemia in pregnancy. 100 blood samples of those pregnant women whose hemoglobin was less than 11gm/dl were selected for study over a period of one year from January, 2014 to December 2014. The study was according to predesigned and Prescheduled proforma which includes detailedobstetrics history and systemic examination. LIMITATIONS OF STUDY: Serum iron, Serum Folic Acid, Serum ferritin, and Vitamin B12 assays, total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), Zinc, were not done because they are costly and most of patients were from poor socioeconomic backgrounds. RESULTS: Blood samples of 100 pregnant women were analyzed & were found to be anaemic. This studyincludes magnitude of anaemia according to age, gravida and parity wise distribution of anaemia.degree, types of anaemia. Out of 100 pregnant cases, 70 had moderate degree, 12 cases had severedegree and 18 were mild degree anemia’ Microcytic hypochromic were – 70 (70 %), Macrocytic Normochromic – 17 (17 %) and dimorphic anaemia– 13 (13 %).

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PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY IN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION IN RAJNANDGAON CHATTISGARH., RADHIKA RAI, YOGESH PAWDE INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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