Assessment of the prevalence of anemia and its complications among term pregnant women at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital

Abstract

Background: Global prevalence of anemia in pregnant women is 41.8%, approximately 50% of cases of anemia are considered to be due to iron deficiency. Aim of the Work: to assess the prevalence of anemia and its complications among term pregnant women at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on hospital records of 1552 pregnant women from January 2018 to July 2018 . Results: Hb was 11.3±1.4 gm/dL, 59.1% of patients were normal and 40.9% had anemia in form of Mild in 28.3%, Moderate in 11.3% and Severe in 1.3%.. As regard neonatal outcome mean gestational age was 38.8±0.9 weeks, birth weight 3.13±0.56 kg, Apgar 1st was 8.4±1.2, 5th was 8.5±1.1. As regard neonatal complications 9.35 of them had LBW, 9.2% had NICU, 3.7% had APGAR1