IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA, SILENT KILLER OF PREGNANT WOMEN
*Dr. Afeera Khalid, Dr. Hajara Batool and Dr. Afrah Saif
ABSTRACT
Objective: To observe the effects of iron deficiency anaemia on the health and life of pregnant women. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Jinnah Hospital Lahore from 1st June 2017 to 30th November 2017, for the period of 6 months. During this study period all the pregnant women from 13-40 weeks of pregnancy with iron deficiency anaemia having haemoglobin level less than 9 gram% were included, while the pregnant women with other medical disorders were excluded from the study. The data was collected and analyzed on SPSS version 21. Result: Out of the 305 pregnant registered women with iron deficiency anaemia most women were young 170(55.73%) between 20-30 years, belonged to low socioeconomic group 254(83.27%), they were multiparous 104(34.09%), having very low haemoglobin level between 1-3 gram % in 54(17.70%) women and between 4-6gram% in 162 (53.11%) women These women were prone to high complications such as ante partum haemorrhage 49(16.06%), renal failure 48(15.73%), disseminated intravascular coagulation 54(17.70%) and 16(5.24%) women died. Conclusion: Iron deficiency anaemia is common in pregnant women with higher rates of complications.
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