Maternal and fetal outcomes associated with severe anemia during pregnancy

Introduction: Anemia during pregnancy, especially severe anemia, is associated with increased maternal morbidity and mortality. Fetal anemia, low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth and still birth have been associated with anemia. There is insufficient information to conclusively assess the effect of maternal anemia on maternal and perinatal outcomes. Furthermore, most studies were not able to study anemia according to its severity. Anemia is very much common in Northern India especially in Rajasthan. Hence we aimed to study the effect of severe maternal anemia on neonatal outcome. No such study has been undertaken in this part of the world
Objectives: To assess the effect of severe anemia during pregnancy and its relation to maternal and fetal outcome (with respect to the different morphological types of anemia).
Material & Method: This prospective study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NIMS Medical College and Hospital, ShobhaNagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan from January 2014 to July 2015, over the period of 1.5 year. sample size was taken as 100. A thorough history will be elicited from these women to assess for exclusions chosen for study. The other complications associated with anemia will be noted. Subjects will be followed further by a thorough physical, systematic and obstetrics examinations as per the proforma prepared for the study
Conclusion: After analysis of the results and comparison with the reports of previous workers, it has been established in our study that Severe Anemia in pregnancy is directly associated with maternal and fetal adverse outcomes