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Severity of Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia and Risk for Low Birth Weight Babies

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Background: Anemia is one of the most common diseases in the world, affecting patients of all ages and races. Anemia is one of the most common diseases in the world, affecting patients of all ages and races. Anemia is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world affecting all ages and races of patients. Root causes and prevalence vary by age group and socio-economic context.

Objective: Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate maternal hemoglobin before birth and to know its effect on fetal weight at birth.

Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which included 500 pregnant females who had presented and admitted to Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Bab Alseheiria University Hospital at the time of delivery.
Results: Birth weight ranged from 1850 to 3500 gm with mean 2593.192 gm. Thirty six percent (36%) had fetuses with . Hemoglobin level ranged from 6.5 to 10.9 g/dL with mean 9.258 g/dL. Forty-five (45%) had moderate anemia, while 22.6 % had severe anemia. There are statistically non- s between mild, moderate and severe anemic groups regarding age, gravidity, parity, history of abortion and mode of delivery.
Conclusion: Maternal anemia is associated with . Also, anaemia in pregnancy is still a major health problem. The improvements achieved in the developed world may largely be due to more effective diagnosis and treatment.

DOI

10.21608/aimj.2021.57248.1405

Keywords

Iron Deficiency, Low Birth, weight

Authors

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Al-Hasan

Last Name

Gomaa

MiddleName

Gamal

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Faculty of medicine Al Azhar university

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hasan.azrak40@gmail.com

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Cairo

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Mohamed

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Mohamed

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University,Cairo,Egypt

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drmohamednada@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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Mohamed

Last Name

Radwan

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Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University,Cairo,Egypt

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abo.moaz2012@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El Sheikh

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Mohamed

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine - Al-Azhar University,Cairo,Egypt

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dr.ahmed.201053@gmail.com

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Cairo

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2

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1

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22624

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2021-01-01

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2021-01-14

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2021-01-01

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24

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27

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2682-3381

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2682-339X

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Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023