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The Effect of Maternal Anaemia on Cord Blood Haemoglobin and Newborn Birth Weight | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 7, Volume 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-593 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Nadia Mudher Al-Hilli | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Maternal anaemia is a common problem in pregnancy, particularly in developing countries. Iron requirements increase during pregnancy, and a failure to maintain sufficient levels of iron may result in adverse maternal-fetal consequences.Aim of study: To determine the effect of maternal anaemia on fetal cord blood haemoglobin & its birth weight.Patients & Methods: The study was conducted in Babylon Teaching Hospital for Gynaecology & Paediatrics from February 2008 to February 2009. The study included ninety pregnant women at term who attended the labour room & they were in labour. Fifty women were anaemic with a haemoglobin level less than 11 g/dL, while the other fourty had normal haemoglobin. Women under study were assessed & followed up through out labour. After delivery of the baby, the cord clamped & divided then blood sample taken from the cord & sent for PCV assessment. The newborn weighed and the results compared between the two groups.Results: cord blood haemoglobin & newborns weights were lower in anaemic women compared to non-anaemic women at the same gestation.Conclusion: Maternal anaemia has a lot of consequences including neonatal complications like neonatal anaemia. In addition, there is a positive relation between maternal haemoglobin fetal cord blood haemoglobin.Recommendations: Optimization of maternal haemoglobin with good nutrition, iron supplementation & good spacing between pregnancies will avoid a lot of complication of maternal anaemia. | ||
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