Maternal anemia and its impact on perinatal outcome in a tertiary care Hospital of Pune, in Maharashtra
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- Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research
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Abstract (2. Language):
Background: The importance of anemia as a major public health problem throughout the world is commonly
recognized. Anemia is one of the most common observed nutritional disease in India. Present study was planned
to study the prevalence of anemia in pregnant females admitted to the tertiary care hospital for delivery, types of
anemia observed and study outcome after delivery.
Material and method: A hospital based record study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. The data was
collected from the records available in hospital.
Results: The study comprised of 126 pregnant women came for delivery in Bharaati Vidyapeeth Medical
College, Pune associated tertiary care Hospital.
The prevalence of anemia at the time of delivery was found to be 46 %. Peripheral smear revealed that 78%
had normochromic normocytic , 44% pregnant women had microcytic hypochromic and 2% had megaloblastic
anemia.
Anemia had observed amongest females with < 3 follow up visits, with history of marriage before 18 years of
age, with history of no consumption of IFA tablets or registration of ANC.
Conclusion: The present study confirmed the importance of registration, regular visits and consumption of IFA
tablets to prevent development of anemia and its outcome on pregnancy.
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