THE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE ANEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN, ITS COMPLICATIONS AND FETO-MATERIAL OUTCOMES

Objective: The aim of our study was to find out the occurrence of severe anemia in pregnant women, its material complications and feto-material results. Study Design: A descriptive case series study. Place and Duration: This study was conducted at Obstetrics and Gynecology department of CMH Muzaffarabad for the duration of seven months starting from March, 2020 to September, 2020. Methodology: In our present study we included 186 pregnant women who were admitted for the delivery and having age range ≥34 years. We used pre-designed Performa for the collection of demographic information relate to age, parity and gestational age. Post-partum and Intra-partum observations were made for material complications such as postpartum hemorrhage and pregnancy-induced hypertension. We noted perinatal complications such as APGAR score <7 at 5 minutes and low birth weight. Results: In our present study we included 186 pregnant women and their Mean age were 26.76±3.36 years. 38.46±0.63 weeks were Mean gestational age of the women. Anemia was observed in 35 patients (19%) among which 4 patients (2.2%) were having mild anemia, 12 patients (6.5%) were having severe anemia and 19 patients (10.2%) were having moderate anemia. Frequency of PPH were noticed in (17.14%) of anemic patients, frequency of PIH were noticed in 47.14% of anemic patients, frequency of APGAR score