Abstract
The aim was to assess the prognosis of anaemic pregnant women at the Gabriel Toure University Hospital in Bamako (Mali). Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. It covered a period of 6 months and involved 432 patients. Results: the frequency of anaemia associated with pregnancy was 28.7% or 432 cases of anaemia among 1505 pregnant women. The mean age was 25.99 years with extremes of 15 and 45 years. Among them, the majority were housewives and constituted 77.8% of the workforce compared to only 4.9% of civil servants. The etiological factors often associated were: gestationity (3.52 with extremes of 1 and 11); primiges (29.20%); parity (3.26 with extremes of 1 and 11). The mean birth interval was 24.4 months with extremes of minus 6 months and 158 months. In 78.7% of cases, patients were transfused. The prognosis was characterized by a maternal mortality rate of 4.4% and a neonatal mortality rate of 33.3%. The mean length of hospital stay was 5.21 days. Conclusion: Anaemia in pregnant women is a pathology that causes maternal and neonatal mortality. The unavailability of blood products worsens the prognosis.
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