Objective: To determine maternal anemia and its relationship with the nutritional status low birth weight of a newborn. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place Duration Study: Tertiary Care Hospital KPK Peshawar from 1st January 2022 to 30th June 2022. Methodology: Three hundred eighty five individuals, aged between 18 45 years were enrolled. All patients hemoglobin level <11 g...

BACKGROUND According to a World Health Organization (WHO) review of nationally representative surveys from 1993 to 2005, 42% of pregnant women have anemia worldwide. Almost 90% of anemic women reside in Africa or Asia. Most countries have policies and programs for prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation, but coverage remains low and little emphasis is placed on this intervention within efforts...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency is the most prevalent anemia in infants and is known to be a major public health problem. OBJECTIVE To examine mothers' knowledge and adherence with recommendations regarding iron supplementation and assess their association with the prevalence of anemia in infants. METHODS Data on 101 infants and mothers of infants born between November 2000 and February 2001 and...

Background: Anemia is one of the factors causing increased maternal morbidity and mortality. Indonesia in 2018, prevalence anemia pregnant women still high at 48.9%, while Southeast Maluku Regency 2019 (January-September) 22.7% Puskesmas Kolser 25.64%. Objective: to determine whether there an influence health education on knowledge attitudes prevention work area Health Center. Method: Pre test ...

Primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) plays a major role in maternal mortality and morbidity like severe anemia, blood transfusion requirement, hospital stay infection. Tranexamic acid is now recommended treatment of PPH, yet its prophylactic use before delivery still not recommended.

DESCRIPTION Update of the 2006 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for iron deficiency anemia. METHODS The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the association between change in iron status as a result of intervention (oral supplementation or treatment) in pregnant women and adolescents and improvement in maternal and infant health outcomes. POPULATION This r...

Pregnant women in malarious areas may experience a variety of adverse consequences from malaria infection including maternal anemia, placental accumulation of parasites, low birth weight (LBW) from prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), fetal parasite exposure and congenital infection, and infant mortality (IM) linked to preterm-LBW and IUGR-LBW. We reviewed studies between 198...

OBJECTIVE To describe severity of anemia and explore its determinants among children under 36 months old in rural western China. STUDY DESIGN The family information of 6711 children was collected and their hemoglobin was measured in 2005. A generalized estimated equation (GEE) linear model was used to identify the determinants of severity of childhood anemia. RESULTS The prevalence of mild,...

Anemia during pregnancy is a considerable health problem, with around two-fifths of pregnant women worldwide being anemic. Many gynecological and infectious diseases are predisposing factors for anemia during pregnancy. Anemia during pregnancy— especially the severe form—can lead to various maternal and perinatal adverse effects such as preterm labor, low birth weight, and intrauterine fetal de...

Part of the rationale for this practice is the high iron requirement during pregnancy, almost 3 times that required for nonpregnant women of childbearing years, which is difficult to meet from dietary sources. Another reason for supplementation is that anemia caused by iron deficiency alone or in combination with other factors, eg, folate deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, and malaria, has been ...