Prevalence of anemia and determination of some hematological parameters among pregnant women in Baghdad city

Kassim Khalil, Zena

	Prevalence of anemia and determination of some hematological parameters among pregnant women in Baghdad city
Iraqi Journal of Science
Article 1, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1001-1008
Author
Zena Kassim Khalil
Abstract
From 124 women in different stage of pregnancy ,there were 83 (67%) conceded anemic and 41(33%) were non anemic ,there were 54(65%) suffering from iron deficiency anemia. According to the form of anemia , 27 (32.5%) were suffering from mild anemia, 41 (49.4%) moderately anemia while15 (18.1%) severe anemia The number of anemic pregnant women from Baghdad was 39 (47%) and the internally displaced anemic pregnant women 44 (53%). the anemic pregnant women who were primigravida 36 (43.4%), while the pregnant women who were multipart gravida 47 (56.6%) .The number of anemic pregnant women was 26(31.3%) for age of 17-27y ,33(39.8%) for age of 28-37y and 24(28.9% )for age of 38-45y .while the number of anemic pregnant women was 43(41%) at the 1st trimester ,31(37%) at the 2nd trimester and 18(22%) at the 3nd .There were 62(69 %) from the total pregnant women got iron pills during the pregnancy period .From the total anemic pregnant women 9 (11%) recorded with pregnancy diabetes, 11 (13.3%) had pregnancy hypertension and 21(25%) suffered from placental previa,. The total RBCs and WBCs count during the 1st ,2nd and 3rd trimesters were (3.70±0.30, 3.96±0.59 and 4.76±0.24) .( 4.62±1.23 , 8.31±2.45 and 13.22±3.60) respectively ,while the Hb levels were 8.78±1.39 , 10.93±1.21 and 12.33±0.18 at the pregnancy trimesters. Serum iron and serum firrtin levels in iron deficiency ,non- iron deficiency anemia were (31.24±9.7 and 37.2±12.7) ,( 4.90±3.4 and 311.10±135.2) respectively.
Keywords
Pregnancy Anemia; hematological parameters; Serum Iron Levels

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