Red Cell Distribution Width is Early Marker for Detection of Iron Deficiency Anemia during Pregnancy

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“…It is regarded as a cost-effective and sensitive test to differentiate iron deficiency anaemia from other types of microcytic anaemia if ferritin and iron studies are not available [10,16]. Studies have found that when compared with serum ferritin, RDW in the presence of microcytosis had a sensitivity of 82.3%-99%, specificity of 69.4%-90%, positive predictive value of 73%-90.5%, negative predictive value of 73%-98.9%, and accuracy of 73%-75% [14,[18][19][20][21]. Its increase is considered the earliest haematological manifestation of IDA [14].…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Southwestern Uganda

Kajoba,

Egesa,

Muyombya

et al. 2024

International Journal of Pediatrics

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Iron deficiency anaemia is still a global public health concern with the highest burden among children 6 to 23 months due to their rapid growth spurt exceeding breastmilk supply. Therefore, nutritional supply is a key source of iron to attain the required nutrients for better growth and development. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study done at Ishaka Adventist Hospital (IAH) and Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH) from April to July 2022. Participants were consecutively enrolled in the study. Structured questionnaires, 24-hour dietary recall, and clinical assessment were used to obtain data. Data analysis was done using the statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) V22.0. Bivariable and multivariable analyses were done using logistic regression for associations with significance set at P value < 0.05. A total of 364 participants were enrolled, with the majority being males (198, 54.4%) and born at term (333, 91.5%). The modal age was 12-17 months [163(44.8%)] with a mean age of 14.1 months (SD 5.32). The overall prevalence of IDA was 151/364 (41.5%). The factors associated with IDA included male sex (aOR 1.61), current episode of diarrhoea (aOR 1.71), poor meal frequency (aOR 1.78), no vegetable consumption (aOR 2.47), and consuming fruits once (aOR 1.97) in 7 days preceding the study. The study finds a high prevalence of IDA among infants 6-23 months with at least four in 10 being affected. Screening for IDA should be recommended in male children with current diarrhoea, poor intake of fruits and vegetables, and poor meal frequency. The Mentzer index is an equally good alternative screening test for IDA.

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Southwestern Uganda

Kajoba,

Egesa,

Muyombya

et al. 2024

International Journal of Pediatrics

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“…Studies have found that when compared with serum ferritin, RDW in the presence of microcytosis had a sensitivity of 82.3% -99%, speci city of 69.4% -90%, positive predictive value of 73% -90.5%, negative predictive value of 73% -98.9%. and accuracy of 73% -75% (Krawiec & Pac-Kozuchowska, 2020;Purnamasidhi et al, 2019;Sarah et al, 2018;Zafar et al, 2019). Its increase is considered the earliest haematological manifestation of IDA On another hand, Mentzer index, which is the mean corpuscular volume divided by red cell count, has also been suggested as a valid test for IDA screening in developing countries with a value >13 suggestive of IDA (Garg et al, 2016;SriLestari et al, 2014;WHO, 2011).…”

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Prevalence and factors associated with Iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6-23 months in southwestern Uganda.

Dickson,

Egesa,

Muyombya

et al. 2024

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Iron deficiency anemia is still a global public health concern with the highest burden among children 6 to 23 months due to their rapid growth spurt exceeding breastmilk supply. Therefore, nutritional supply is a key source of iron to attain the required nutrients for better growth and development. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study done at Ishaka Adventist Hospital (IAH) and Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH) from April to July 2022. Participants were consecutively enrolled in the study. Structured questionnaires, 24-hour dietary recall, and clinical assessment were used to obtain data. Data analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social scientists (SPSS) V22.0. Bivariable and multivariable analysis was done using logistic regression for associations with significance set at P-value <0.05. A total of 364 participants were enrolled, with majority males 198(54.4%) and born at term 333(91.5%). The modal age was 12-17 months [163(44.8%)] with a mean age of 14.1 months (SD 5.32). The overall prevalence of IDA was 151/364 (41.5%). The factors associated with IDA included male sex (aOR 1.61), current episode of diarrhoea (aOR 1.71), poor meal frequency (aOR 1.78), no vegetable consumption (aOR 2.47) and consuming fruits once (aOR 1.97) in 7 days preceding the study. The study finds a high prevalence of IDA among infants 6-23 months with at least four in 10 being affected. Screening for IDA should be recommended in male children with current diarrhea, poor intake of fruits and vegetables, and poor meal frequency. The Mentzer index is an equally good alternative screening test for IDA.

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“…According to recent researches 2/3rd of the pregnant population is affected by anemia ( Ali et al, 2020 ). During pregnancy, anemia of mothers could lead to detrimental effects on the newborn ( Sarah et al, 2018 , Shah et al, 2020c ). Anemia is not the only risk to mothers but low haemoglobin levels may lead to unfortunate consequences including low Apgar score, compromised birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA) babies, preterm labor, intrauterine growth retardation or intrauterine death ( Shah et al, 2020c ).…”

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Gestational Anemia and its effects on neonatal outcome, in the population of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

Shah

Khaskheli²,

Ansari

et al. 2022

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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Background Anemia in pregnancy is a globally health-related issue, that affects both mothers and their newborn. Anemia during pregnancy across the world involves approximately 38% of the world population. To evaluate the effect of gestational anemia on perinatal outcome in the population. The aim of present study is to evaluate the effect of gestational anemia on perinatal outcome in the population of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Methods A cross-sectional comparative analysis was conducted among pregnant mothers who were listed to give birth at Liaquat University of medical and health sciences Jamshoro/Hyderabad during the period of September 2018 to September 2019. The study population 400 were selected by convenient random sampling, and grouped into 2 on the basis of their Hb levels, with Hb < 11 gm% they were classified as anemic mothers, Hb ≥ 11 gm% were termed as non-anemic mothers, data was collected on the preformed questionnaire, and was analyzed on SPSS 21. Results The prevalence of anemia was 51.5% in in total population out of which, the incidence of normocytic normochromic anemia was highest 52.4 %microcytic hypochromic anemia was found in 19.4%, Overall, extremely low Apgar was found in 53 anemics, and 8 non. anemic mother’s infants, LBW incidence was 47.5 %; in anemic mothers, and 15.4 % in non-anemic group, the term, small for gestational age infants were 14.5% in anemic mothers, and 3.6% in non-anemic mothers, there were 36 preterm births to anemic mothers and 10 in non-anemic mothers. The incidence of caesarian section is 53.3% in anemic mothers compared to 30.9% in non-anemic mothers. Conclusions Anemia in pregnancy significantly increases risks of low Apgar, LBW, term SGA, preterm birth, and an increase incidence of caesarian section.

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Red Cell Distribution Width is Early Marker for Detection of Iron Deficiency Anemia during Pregnancy

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Southwestern Uganda

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Southwestern Uganda

Prevalence and factors associated with Iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6-23 months in southwestern Uganda.

Gestational Anemia and its effects on neonatal outcome, in the population of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

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