Abstract
BACKGROUND: Anaemia is a major public health problem during the pregnancy throughout the world. Globally almost half of the pregnant mothers are anemic. The hematological data representative of anaemia among Asian countries, India has highest prevalence and continues to be serious health problem. Studying the prevalence of Anemia in pregnancy aids in establishing the magnitude of the problem and helps the antenatal health providers in early detection and management. In a teaching hospital based a population study of Anemia in pregnancy is strong indication of true Anemia prevalence in the community, as large numbers of patients from different backgrounds attend the hospital. OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted to know the prevalence of Anemia in pregnancy in and around Bijapur, Karnataka. This study related with the Prevalence of Anemia in pregnancy in relation to age, gravida, parity, trimester and morphological types of Anemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The material for this study is obtained from in-patient and out-patients attending the OBG department at Al-Ameen Women's and children's hospital, Bijapur Automated hematology analyzer - Sysmex-Kx21 and peripheral smear study were used to study the anaemia in pregnancy. 100 blood samples of those pregnant women whose hemoglobin was less than 11gm/dl were selected for study over a period of one year from January, 2012 to December 2012. The study was according to predesigned and Prescheduled proforma which includes detailed obstetrics history and systemic examination. LIMITATIONS OF STUDY: Serum iron, Serum Folic Acid, Serum ferritin, and Vitamin B12 assays, total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), Zinc, were not done because they are costly and most of patients were from poor socioeconomic backgrounds. RESULTS: Blood samples of 100 pregnant women were analyzed & were found to be anaemic. This study includes magnitude of anaemia according to age, gravida and parity wise distribution of anaemia. degree, types of anaemia. Out of 100 pregnant cases, 70 had moderate degree, 12 cases had severe degree and 18 were mild degree anemia' Microcytic hypochromic were - 70 (70 %), Macrocytic Normochromic - 17 (17 %) and dimorphic anaemia- 13 (13 %).
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