Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy

Abstract EN

A clinical study of 82 pregnant women (40 pregnant women without anaemia[control group]and 42 pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia) attending the child and maternal health care center in Mosul.

Each pregnant woman was evaluated clinically and laboratory investigations have been done including haemoglobin, PCV, serum iron, TIBC and TS %.

The results showed no significant differences between gestational age in pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia and their control.

On the other hand,low level of haemoglobin and PCV were recorded.

The reduction increased with advancement in pregnancy in pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia, especially at the third trimester when it was a significant reduction (P < 0.001, P < 0.01 respectively).

Comparing to the pregnant controls, significant differences between serum iron and TIBC were also noticed between pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia and pregnant controls (P < 0.001).

This study also revealed a reduction in the level of serum iron of pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia at all trimesters, especially the third trimester, (P < 0.001), in comparison with similar trimester in the ordinary pregnancies.