Abstract
Objective; To compare the fetal outcome of anaemic pregnant women with matched nonanaemic pregnant women.
Study Design; Cohort study. Place and Duration of Study; Department of obstetrics and gynaecology unit I, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore from 1-32013 to 30-9-2013. Methodology; Non-probability/purposive sampling technique was used;2 groups were compared including booked pregnant women between 20-35 years of age with parity up to 5 while un booked pregnant women with anaemia due to chronic disease or due to structural abnormality were excluded.
Results; A total of 410 patients were registered in the study with mean age of 25.3 with SD of 4.4yrs with a mean hb of 10.3g/dl with SD of 1.49 g/dl, there were 64.9% females with more than one pregnancy, preterm birth was seen in 33.42% with a significant p value0.35 and LBW was in 23.6% patients with a significant p value of 0.049, APGAR score <7 were in 53.6% with significant p value of 0.043 and still birth was seen in 7.07% with a nonsignificant p value of 0.004
Conclusion; Anaemia is still a major health problem as well as clearly indicating that maternal anaemia is an indicator of adverse pregnancy outcome.
Sumaira Fatima Sabir, Asifa Shaukat, Muhammad Afzal Shakir. (2017) Fetal Outcome in Anaemic and Non Anaemic Pregnant Women, Journal of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Pakistan , Volume-07, Issue-2.
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