Impact of maternal anaemia on cord blood haemoglobin

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dc.contributor.authorRamadoss, Dhanasekaranen_US
dc.contributor.authorArumugam, Sumithaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSugunaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:43:54Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractBackground: Anaemia during pregnancy is associated with serious maternal and fetal complications. Cord blood hemoglobin of the newborn is an important indicator of anaemia in newborn at birth. So, this study is done to assess the impact of maternal anaemia on cord blood hemoglobin levels of neonates.Methods: It is a cross sectional study done at government Kilpauk medical college and hospital in the department of paediatrics in year 2016.400 pregnant mothers attending the labour room in Kilpauk medical college were included and cord blood haemoglobin of their babies were collected. Mean cord blood haemoglobin of new-borns born to anaemic mothers (mild, moderate and severe) were compared with cord blood haemoglobin of new-borns born to non-anaemic mothers.Results: Out of 400 mothers,192 mothers were anemic, and 208 mothers were non anemic. The mean maternal hemoglobin among non-anemic mothers was 16.37'0.85 and among the anemic mothers it was 15.03'1.04. The mean cord hemoglobin of neonates born to anemic mothers among the three groups (mild moderate severe) were compared with mean cord hemoglobin of the non-anemic group. The difference between groups were statistically significant with P values <0.05,0.01 and 0.05 respectively.Conclusions: In present study maternal anaemia affects the cord blood haemoglobin of neonates. Present study infers that anaemic mothers deliver babies with lower haemoglobin compared to non-anaemic mothers. Authors have found a linear relationship between maternal haemoglobin and cord blood haemoglobin of the new-borns.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatrics, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacology, ACS Medical college and hospital Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationRamadoss Dhanasekaran, Arumugam Sumitha, Suguna. Impact of maternal anaemia on cord blood haemoglobin. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2019 May; 6(3): 1235-1238en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204075
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20192018en_US
dc.subjectCord blooden_US
dc.subjectHben_US
dc.subjectMaternal anaemiaen_US
dc.titleImpact of maternal anaemia on cord blood haemoglobinen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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