Open AccessHaematological values in pregnant women in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Author(s) -
DV Dapper,
Chidi Ibe,
CA Nwauche
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Slovenian
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i3.37220
Subject(s) - mean corpuscular volume , port harcourt , medicine , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , pregnancy , white blood cell , red blood cell , anthropometry , physiology , prospective cohort study , obstetrics , hematocrit , biology , socioeconomics , sociology , genetics
Conflicting results have been documented regarding the statistical significance of variations in some haematological parameters at different trimesters of pregnancy. Environmental factors, ethnic and tribal peculiarities have variously been implicated. The values of eight important haematological parameters: Haematocrit (Hct), Haemoglobin concentration (Hbc), Red Blood Cell (RBC) count, White Blood Cell (WBC) count, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) were therefore determined in healthy pregnant subjects receiving antenatal care at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.