Study of cord blood haemoglobin estimation in preterm and term babies
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: Interest in the clinical significance of cord Blood haemoglobin has considerable increased during last decade. Hemoglobin level and packed cell volume are higher in term low birth weight new born compared to preterm. Each gram of Hemoglobin yield 35 mg. of Unconjugated Bilirubin. Cord hemoglobin level compared to birth weight and gestational age is studied, is Finally a deviation from normal values has been found in certain infants. The present investigation undertaken to study the change in level of Hb From the cord blood in low birth weight babies. Material and Method: One hundred infants born in department of obstetrics and gynecology was investigated. In no case was pregnancy complicated by any reason. All infants were delivered spontaneously without any complication by vaginal delivery spontaneously Aims and Objective: 1) The aims of the study is to estimate the level of hemoglobin in cord blood of preterm and term infants. 2) To compare the level of hemoglobin with their gestation age group. 3) To estimate the amount of Hb in cord blood in preterm and term babies. Discussion: We found that the cord blood hemoglobin with gestation age of infant when correlated the normal level of hemoglobin that a cord blood should contain is 13.0-19.0gm/dl, it should varies with gestational age, weigth of baby, hemoglobin value of mother, weight of mother, type of delivery (whether normal vaginal delivery or caesarean section). Conclusion: The results of this study show that Hb levels of cord blood in the studied population are lower than normal values, Thus, new born infants in our study (especially cesasrean section newborns) are at greater risk of early and accelerated physiological anemia.
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Ch Srinivas Kalyan Rao, Gouri Vamsha Kumari, Barkha Rani, Mohd Abrar Hassan
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