Open AccessIRON DEFICIENT MOTHERS;
Author(s) -
Ayesha Naeem,
Mazhar Nazir Chattha,
Abdul Matin Qaisar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2018.25.08.58
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , low birth weight , obstetrics , pediatrics , birth weight , iron deficiency , anemia , genetics , biology
Background: Anaemia is nutritional deficiency disorder which is very commonin developed countries and related with inauspicious maternal and perinatal outcome. Itsprevalence in pregnancy is about 50-80% in Pakistan. It is a risk element for low iron stores inbabies, preterm delivery, foetal anaemia, low birth weight as well as stillbirth. Objectives: Todetermine the frequency of low iron store in babies born to iron deficient mothers and effectof maternal anaemia on newborn weight and cord haemoglobin. Study Design: Prospectiveobservational study. Setting: Government Sardar Begum Hospital Sialkot. Period: 1st January2017 to 30th June 2017. Materials and Methods: 160 pregnant women delivering for antenataland haemoglobin as well as weight of newborn babies, which was entered in computer softwareSPSS version 20. Results: Out of 160 mothers, 143 (89.37%) were anaemic. Out of 160 babies,127 (79.37%) of babies had anaemia. The mean haemoglobin among babies was 12.9±2.01 g/dL. Conclusion: A notable positive correlation with maternal haemoglobin and newborn weightand cord haemoglobin.