Maternal anaemia and its impact on pregnant females and pregnancy outcomes
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Gynaecology - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Anaemia is the commonest medical disorder associated with pregnancy. Nearly 20% of the maternal deaths and huge number of preterm deliveries and low birth weight babies in India are due to anaemia directly or indirectly. Objectives: To study Maternal anaemia and its impact on pregnancy and its outcome. Setting- Tertiary care teaching hospital in Maharashtra, India. Study Design: Prospective observational study. Material and Methods: Study was conducted for a period of two years and five months. Screening of nearly 1650 expecting ladies was performed for evidence of iron deficiency anaemia. Its impact on pregnant women and outcome of the pregnancy with moderate to severe anaemia was analyzed. Statistical Analysis: Percentages, Proportions, Mean and Standard deviation (SD), Chi square test were used for analysing the results statistically. Results: Maternal anemia was seen in 49.36% cases, out of which severe, moderate and mild degree of anaemia was seen in 4.86%, 25.06% and 19.46% cases respectively.. There was no maternal mortality in the study, but anaemic mothers had a high incidence of preterm deliveries and low birth weight babies and this was nearly twice that of ladies with normal haemoglobin values in the hospital. Conclusions: The study revealed that anaemic ladies are more prone for life threatening obstetric and medical complications and preterm labour, while babies born to them are more likely to be of low birth weight babies and have higher morbidity and mortality. So regular antenatal care, early detection of high risk pregnancy, administration of oral and parenteral iron and increasing institutional deliveries can reduce the incidence of anaemia in pregnant ladies and the resultant morbidity and mortality in mothers and their babies.
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Anagha A Modak, Vasant Kawade
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