Open AccessA comparative study to evaluate oral iron and intravenous iron sucrose for treatment of anemia in pregnancy in a poor socioeconomic region of Northeast India
Author(s) -
Maureen Prativa Tigga,
Amulya Debbarma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tzu-chi medical journal/cí-jì yīxué
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2223-8956
pISSN - 1016-3190
DOI - 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_99_19
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hematocrit , iron deficiency anemia , hemoglobin , iron sucrose , pregnancy , population , gastroenterology , iron deficiency , obstetrics , pediatrics , intravenous iron , genetics , environmental health , biology
The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy is as high as 80% in some sections of the Indian population. Iron therapy in different forms has been found to alleviate anemia and yield good fetomaternal outcome. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous iron sucrose (IVIS) versus oral iron in treating anemia among the antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center of Northeast India.