Diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia among Nigerian pregnant women by serum iron/T.I.B.C. determination.
Fifty-five patients have been investigated for anaemia in pregnancy. Using the serum iron/T.I.B.C. ratio as a diagnostic index it has been found that iron deficiency exists in 60% of our expectant mothers with mild anaemia. This type of anaemia was more common in multiparous women and more frequent in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, There is, therefore, a strong indication for the routine administration of iron supplements to our women during pregnancy and the puerperium.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001773:Blood Cells; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron; D011739:Pyrimethamine