Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women attended to Soba University Hospital, Sudan, September, 2016
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2019-01-16
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
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Anemia is a sign of a wide spectrum of conditions, arising from either suppressed
bone marrow production or loss of red cells from the circulation through bleeding or
hemolysis. The most frequent reasons of anemia in pregnancy are iron deficiency and
innate haemoglobinopathies but other causes are also significant to know and manage
effectively. Anemia has been defined by different limits in pregnancy. The World
Health Organization defines anemia as a hemoglobin level of <110 g/liter antenatally
and <100 g/ liter postnatally.
Justification: Anemia is a very serious problem which affects together mother and
child and may lead to death of both.
Objective: To know the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women involved in
the study.
Method: Cross sectional hospital based study, 52 pregnant ladies attended to Soba
university hospital, September 2016,they were consent to participated in the study,
hemoglobin level of each participant was measure by hematological analyzer.
Result: 25 % of pregnant women involved in the study were anemic.
Conclusion: Other studies with large sample size to know the prevalence of anemia
among pregnant Sudanese ladies to avoid the serious complication which may affect
the overall community.
Recommendation: Health education and solving the poverty problem which affect
more than 50% of Sudanese people.