Maternal anaemia and its impact on perinatal outcome in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ. [East Mediterr Health J] Journal article

Title	Maternal anaemia and its impact on perinatal outcome in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
Author(s)	Lone FW, Qureshi RN, Emmanuel F
Institution	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecolog, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Source	East Mediterr Health J 2004 Nov; 10(6):801-7.
MeSH	Adult Analysis of Variance Anemia Apgar Score Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Developing Countries Female Fetal Death Fetal Growth Retardation Hemoglobins Humans Infant Mortality Infant, Newborn Logistic Models Mothers Obstetric Labor, Premature Pakistan Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic Pregnancy Outcome Prevalence Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors
Abstract	Maternal anaemia is a common problem in pregnancy, particularly in developing countries. We investigated the relationship between maternal anaemia and perinatal outcome in a cohort of 629 pregnant women from October 2001 to 2002. Of these, 313 were anaemic (haemoglobin < 11 g/L). Perinatal outcomes included preterm delivery, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, perinatal death, low Apgar scores and intrauterine fetal death. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. The risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight among the anaemic women was 4 and 1.9 times more respectively than the non-anaemic women. The neonates of anaemic women also had 1.8 times increased risk having low Apgar scores at 1 minute and there was a 3.7 greater risk of intrauterine fetal death among the anaemic women than the non-anaemic women.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Journal Article
PubMed ID	16335767

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