Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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One of the most significant issues affecting public health is the presence of anemia in pregnant women. The peripheral blood smear examination is an essential approach for diagnosing the kind of anemia that is present in pregnant women and it is a supplement to the full blood picture. This research was carried out with the purpose of determining the prevalence of various kinds of anemia in pregnant women by utilizing peripheral blood smears and analyzing their clinical and laboratory profiles. This study was carried out as a cross‐sectional study on pregnant women who visited the antenatal outpatient department (OPD) at the tertiary care center in Bhopal over the course of the study period, which lasted for a total of 18 months. A comprehensive clinical history was gathered, and haematological examinations, including a complete blood count and a peripheral smear, were carried out. The prenatal women who participated in this study had a mean age of 25.96±4.285 years. The total number of participants in this study was 392. With a hemoglobin level of less than 11 gm%, there were 313 patients (79.8%) that were found to have anemia. Of these instances, 207 (52.8%) had mild anemia, 99 (25.2%) cases had moderate anemia and 7 (1.8%) cases had severe anemia. The statistical significance of the observed correlation between the type of anemia and the peripheral smear finding was determined to be p<0.05 on the statistical scale. It may be concluded that iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent form of anemia that occurs during pregnancy. The detection of several types of anemia during pregnancy, such as sickle cells, as well as the diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and sickle cell trait, can be accomplished with the assistance of peripheral smears. Palor, exhaustion, weakness and giddiness are just few of the nonspecific symptoms that are typically seen in females who are suffering from anemia. Different kinds of anemia, on the other hand, may be characterized by a number of distinct characteristics.
How to cite this article:
Priyanka Sachdeva, Rekha Sapkal, Vaishali Chourasia and Abha Chaudhary. A Cross‐Sectional Study on Prevalence of Different
Type of Anemia in Pregnancy Diagnosed by Peripheral Blood Smear.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.4.196.201
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