1Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, Karnataka
2Postgrauate, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, Karnataka
3Postgrauate, Department of Anatomy, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, Karnataka
Online published on 19 June, 2015.
The haematological profile of an individual to a large extent reflects their general health and many studies have identified the haematological profile of the pregnant woman as one of the factors affecting pregnancy and its outcome. The study was aimed to determine the effect of pregnancy on haematological indices and compare the haematological indices at different trimesters of normal pregnancy
To evaluate the values of some major hematological parameters at different trimesters of pregnancy.
The research involved 30 healthy pregnant women as the study group and 10 non pregnant women as control. Age range of these women was 20–30 years. 3 millilitres of venous blood collected from the median cubital vein with minimum stasis were put into EDTA bottle. The blood was properly mixed and analyzed for packed cell volume (PCV), total white cell count, Differential count and Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).
The result showed that study group exhibited statistically significant lower values of PCV, monocyte and lymphocyte while WBC, eosinophil and ESR were not significantly changed. There was no significant difference in all hematological parameters among the three trimesters.
Healthy pregnancy may have effect on hematological parameters. Therefore there is a need to monitor these parameters during pregnancy. We also find that stages of pregnancy have no influence on hematological parameters.
Hematological Profiles, Trimesters, Pregnancy
