Open AccessHematological profile of pregnant women in southwest of Nigeria
Author(s) -
IO Osonuga,
OA Osonuga,
AA Onadeko,
A Osonuga,
A Osonuga
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(11)60036-4
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , white blood cell , hematology , obstetrics , lymphocyte , eosinophil , physiology , biology , genetics , asthma
Objective: To evaluate the values of some major hematological parameters at different trimesters\udof pregnancy. Methods: The research involved 33 healthy pregnant women as the study group\udand 11 non-pregnant women as control. The age range of these women was 20-40 years. Ethical\udapproval was obtained from Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Three\udmilliliters of venous blood collected from the median cubital vein with minimum stasis were put\udinto K+EDTA bottle. The blood was properly mixed and analyzed for packed cell volume (PCV),\udtotal white cell count, differential counts and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Hematology\udwas done according to standard methods. Results: The result showed that study group exhibited\udstatistically significant lower values of PCV, monocyte and lymphocyte while WBC, eosinophil\udand ESR were not significantly changed. There was no significant difference in all hematological\udparameters among the three trimesters. Conclusions: Healthy pregnancy may have effect\udon hematological parameters. Therefore, there is a need to monitor these parameters during\udpregnancy. We also find that stages of pregnancy have no influence on hematological parameters