AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF CONSEQUENCES OF ANEMIA IN PREGNANCY IN TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN CENTRAL INDIA

Introduction: This study is planned with aim to spot prevalence of Anemia in specified population in central India and to understand various adverse consequences of Anemia in mother and child.

Methods: the study is an observational study in which pregnant women indicates Anemia in pregnancy may be a risk factor for low birth weight (LBW), preterm delivery, poor apgar score and possibly early neonatal death.

Results: In the present study, total numbers of cases studied were 3400, out of which 1634 cases (40%) were primigravidae and 1766 were multigravidae (60%). In this study, 2244 cases were in age group 20 - 34 years, which comprises 66% of total. In this study, 1445 cases had moderate anemia giving an incidence of 42.5%. Maximum number of primigravidae (706) were Non-anemic while maximum number of multigravida (1518) have non anemic. In the present study in non anaemic group 63% of new born baby have birth weight >2.5 kg. Pre term delivery in non-anemic group was 20% while it was 3.5 times and 5.4 times more in moderately anemic group and severely anemic group respectively. Early neonatal death was 3 % in non-anaemic group and while it was 3.3 times and 15 times more in mild anaemic group and moderately - severely anemic group respectively.

Conclusion: This study conform the recommendations of varied previous studies that Anemia is strongly related to LBW, preterm delivery and early neonatal death.