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- Title
Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Authors
Abdulmajeed Mohammed Alolayah; Hamad Zaal Assaf; Youssef Fayez Horaib; Leejin Saleh Bin Kleib; Ola Haidar Wahbi; Mhd. Salim Khatab; Fatima Zeyaul Haque Siddiqui; Eman Ahmed Sharahili; Mohamed Ismail Yassin; Abdulrhman Fahad Almutairy; Afnan Abdullah Alghamdi; Tarik Anwar Rahmatullah; Bader Abdulaziz Alsehali; Khalid Anwar Aboalela; Feras Maeid Sarhan; Nada Anwar Aboalela; Manal Abdullah Alshammari; Beshayer Mohammed Alshammari; Marwah Ahmed Bin Garhom; Nadia Mohammed Banafa
- Abstract
Background: anemia in pregnancy is a common problem. Easy diagnosis and treatment enhance focus on anemia cases. Aim and Objectives: to determine the common types and grades of anemia in a hospital lab in Riyadh and to compare types of anemia among age and pregnancy status. Method: cross-sectional study. Study area: a hematology-log in lab. Samples: convenience samples of 120 anemic ladies. Tool: questionnaires. Methods of data collection: CBC results. Results: This study-addressing anemia among women in a lab in Riyadh involves 120 ladies. When they were distributed as pregnant and non-pregnant women, 70% were pregnant. About 70% of the pregnant and 39% of non-pregnant had iron deficiency anemia, this difference statistically significance (P= 0.0013). Normocytic normochromic anemia was falling in 26% and 50% of the pregnant and non-pregnant ladies respectively; this difference was statistically significant (P= 0.0112). About 94.5% of iron deficiency anemias have low MCH. PCV was low in all cases of anemia. Conclusion: Anemia in women of child bearing age are more commonly observed in study. Most common type of anemia among cases was iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia was the most common in pregnant, while normochromic normocytic anemia was the most common in non-pregnant. MCV & MCH were significant characteristics finding in iron deficiency anemia.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; ANEMIA diagnosis; TREATMENT of diseases in women; WOMEN; PREGNANCY complications; IRON deficiency anemia
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018, Vol 70, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1687-2002
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12816/0042972