Assessment of Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia among Patients Reporting to Medicine OPD: An Observational Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: The World Health Organization defines anemia as blood hemoglobin values of less than 7.7 mmol/l (13 g/dl) in men and 7.4 mmol/l (12 g/dl) in women. Typically, the evaluation of the cause of anemia includes a complete blood cell count, peripheral smear, reticulocyte count, and serum iron indices. Hence; we assessed the present study to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among patients reporting to medicine OPD. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, World College of Medical Sciences and Research, Gurawar, Jhajjar, Haryana (India) on patients reporting to the department of general medicine during the study period. A total of 200 patients were included in the study. The age of the patients ranged from 20-70 years. A written informed consent was obtained from the patients prior to commencement of the study. Results: In the present study, a total of 200 of subjects were recruited. The number of male subjects was 81 and female subjects were 119. The age of subjects ranged from 21-70 years. We observed that 55% subjects did not have iron deficiency anemia. 15 % subjects had mild anemia, 22% subjects had mild anemia and 8 % subjects had severe anemia. Conclusion: The iron deficiency anemia is most prevalent in old age groups and females in young age groups.
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Kedar Nath Garg, Sundeep Jain
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