Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternofetal outcome in pregnant women with severe anemia
| Autor: | Meenakshi Singh, Manju Puri, Vidhi Choudhary, Aishwarya Kapur, G S Triveni, Gunjan, Manisha Patel, Vinita Kumari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 48, Iss 4, Pp 556-561 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0970-0218 1998-3581 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_428_22 |
| Popis: | Background: Anemia is the most common nutritional disease in pregnancy with significant adverse maternofetal outcome. The objective of the present study is to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the pregnancy outcomes of women with severe anemia. Methodology: A retrospective observational study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at LHMC and SSK Hospital, Delhi. The study included all antenatal women admitted at a gestational age of >26 weeks (third trimester) with severe anemia and hemoglobin level of 7 g/dL. In our study, a total of 4031 women were included as cases during study period (July to December 2022) and 6659 women as controls from pre-COVID-19 period (July to December 2019). Results: In present study, a total of 4031 women delivered during study period as compared to 6659 in control period. In the present study, the prevalence of anemia was observed to be 74.7% in the study group and 51.6% in the control group (P < 0.001). Mean hemoglobin level was significantly lower in study group as compared to the control groups P |
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