1Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, SVIMS-Sri Padmavthi Medical College for Women, Tirupati
2Assistant Professor, General Surgery, Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati
*Corresponding author: Dr. D S Sujith Kumar Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, SVIMSSri Padmavthi Medical College for Women, Tirupati. doctorsujith@gmail.com, 8978572939
Online published on 4 January, 2017.
Anaemia is one of the most frequent complications related to pregnancy. Prematurity, spontaneous abortions, low birth weight, and foetal deaths are complications of severe maternal anaemia.
To study the effect of anaemia on the outcome of pregnancy.
Haemoglobin levels of all the registered antenatal cases are measured during early and late pregnancies and followed till the outcome of pregnancy. The pregnancy outcome is measured in terms of maturity, spontaneous abortions, birth weight, APGAR score and any other complications. The outcome measured is analyzed in relation to the haemoglobin status during early and late pregnancies.
Majority were in 20–29 years age group with mean age of
22.25 years. No pregnant woman was severely anaemic during early pregnancy. No pregnant woman was normal during late pregnancy. Majority of the women in the study were moderately anaemic during early and late pregnancy. Birth weight of the newborn was normal in 77 percent of the cases while the APGAR score was normal in 84 percent.
The outcome of pregnancy was significantly related to the hemoglobin status in early pregnancy. Birth weight was significantly related to the hemoglobin status in early pregnancy. APGAR score was significantly associated with hemoglobin status in late pregnancy.
Abortions, Anaemia, APGAR, Birth weight, Pregnancy
