This study had two primary objectives: 1) to derive a method to determine hemoglobin cutoffs that could be used to better estimate the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy at high altitudes and 2) to estimate the prevalence of anemia in a sample of pregnant women residing in two cities in Bolivia, La Paz (3,600 meters) and El Alto (4,000 meters). We derived a hemoglobin-altitude cu...

Pregnancy is a time in which the risk for developing iron deficiency anemia is highest, due to increase of iron requirement. Maternal nutrition is often considered as an important regulator of human fetal growth. Objectives: To study the impact of iron supplementation on anemia during pregnancy. Salty rice flakes preparation was prepared. Sixty volunteered pregnant women in their III trimester ...

Women during pregnancy are more prone to severe attacks of malaria, which may result in to abortion, premature labour or still birth. Malaria alters the course of pregnancy by affecting the health of the mother and by interrupting the pregnancy. The most important influence of the disease on maternal health in pregnancy is indirect, by causing anemia. This prospective observational study was ca...

Anemia that occurs during pregnancy has become a global health problem. The amount of iron needed by pregnant women is much greater than non-pregnant so have high risk developing deficiency anemia. method used in this study literature review study. databases the source search are google scholar and Pubmed. for articles was carried out collecting themes about effect administration on hemoglobin ...

Background Anemia is one of the most common nutritional deficiency disorders affecting the pregnant women in the developing countries. Anemia during pregnancy is commonly associated with poor pregnancy outcome and can result in complications that threaten the life of both mother and fetus. Objective The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women and t...

Early marriage, less awareness of family life education, low socio economic condition and burden of large families in rural area are the contributory factors to high teenage pregnancy and its complications. A rural health centre based cross sectionals study was under taken over six month period among teenage (10-19 years) in the rural Kathmandu Valley. The study sample comprises (15-19 years ol...

The present study was designed to estimate the prevalence/frequency of anemia during pregnancy in women of district Faisalabad, Pakistan and its association with iron-rich diet and socio-economic status of patients. Blood samples of 100 randomly selected pregnant women of age group (17-40) years were analyzed. The overall prevalence rate of anemia was 75%. Anemia was found to be prevalent in th...

Anemia is a global health problem in all age groups. According to World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 40% of pregnant women are anemic. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) due nutritional the most common cause. The incidence IDA varies worldwide depending on socioeconomic status, but it remains leading cause even developed countries. Physiologic pregnancy relatively higher expansion blood v...

Background Anemia is responsible for 20% of maternal mortality worldwide, and it is associated with premature birth, low birth weight, and infant mortality. In Ethiopia, about 22% of pregnant women are anemic. However, literatures are limited, therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) in Asossa ...

Spontaneous quadruplet is rarely seen. Quadruplet pregnancy is accompanied with severe complications such as abortion , premature labor , first trimester vaginal bleeding , anemia and …etc . Our patient was a 29- year old lady with history of first pregnancy twin that was aborted. In the second pregnancy at three months of gestation sonography showed quadruplet pregnancy so cerclage was perfo...