A CLINICAL STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF ANEMIA IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Prunvitha Nemarugommula*, Syed Meharaj*, Ahalya Malisetty, Shruthi Madagani, Ramlesh Jalige and
Leena Budha

ABSTRACT

Background: Anemia is a medical condition in which the red blood cell count or hemoglobin is less than normal. For men, anemia is typically defined as hemoglobin level of less than 13.5 gram/100 ml and in women as hemoglobin of less than 12.0 gram/100 ml. During pregnancy anemia is responsible for a lot of complications in women. Anemia remains a serious public health challenge worldwide. Methodology: A prospective study on prevalence and management of anemia was conducted in the Government hospital of khammam district of Telangana state. A total of 200 patients were included in the study as per inclusion criteria. All the surveyed people were contacted personally. Results and discussion: Subjects were classified based on genders 73% females and 27% males and they were studied according to the age group they belong.The most prevalent type of anemia reported is iron deficiency anemia (95%) and the rare incidence of sickle anemia (2.5%) and anemia due to acute myeloid leukemia (2.5%) is also reported. Anemia management in the effected individuals is done in the following ways: Blood transfusion is opted for the patients with hemoglobin less than 6 grams. For remaining number of patients oral iron supplementations were provided. Conclusion: The incidence of anemia is more in females (73%) when compared to males (27%). Factors such as malnutrition and low economic status play a major part in the occurrence of anemia.

Keywords: Anemia, Pregnancy, iron deficiency anemia.