<strong>Objective:</strong><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Data showed that maternal anaemia during pregnancy negatively ...<strong>Objective:</strong><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Data showed that maternal anaemia during pregnancy negatively affects maternal/fetal outcomes. We here attempted to re-confirm this in this specific region of Sudan, with special reference to fetal/neonatal outcome. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methodology:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This cross-sectional observational study was carried out at Omdurman Maternity and Khartoum North Teaching Hospitals-Sudan from March 2018 to March 2019, with 246 pregnant women presented in labour enrolled. Maternal characteristics, haemoglobin (Hb) measured after labour initiation and fetal/neonatal outcomes were analyzed. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> When maternal anemia was defined as Hb less than 10.0 g/dL, 80 (32.5%) had anemia and 166 had not. Anemic women (Hb;8.3 ± 0.31), compared with non-anemic women (Hb;11.4 ± 0.61), were significantly more likely to have low birth weight (LBW) infants (40% vs. 15.7%) and still birth (12.5% vs. 4.8%). There was a correlation between hemoglobin concentration and the followings: LBW, respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal nursery admission, still birth, early neonatal death, and low Apgar score. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusions:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Maternal aneamia negatively affected fetal/neonatal outcomes. This data may be useful to make health policy in this area.</span></span>展开更多
文摘<strong>Objective:</strong><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Data showed that maternal anaemia during pregnancy negatively affects maternal/fetal outcomes. We here attempted to re-confirm this in this specific region of Sudan, with special reference to fetal/neonatal outcome. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methodology:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This cross-sectional observational study was carried out at Omdurman Maternity and Khartoum North Teaching Hospitals-Sudan from March 2018 to March 2019, with 246 pregnant women presented in labour enrolled. Maternal characteristics, haemoglobin (Hb) measured after labour initiation and fetal/neonatal outcomes were analyzed. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> When maternal anemia was defined as Hb less than 10.0 g/dL, 80 (32.5%) had anemia and 166 had not. Anemic women (Hb;8.3 ± 0.31), compared with non-anemic women (Hb;11.4 ± 0.61), were significantly more likely to have low birth weight (LBW) infants (40% vs. 15.7%) and still birth (12.5% vs. 4.8%). There was a correlation between hemoglobin concentration and the followings: LBW, respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal nursery admission, still birth, early neonatal death, and low Apgar score. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusions:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Maternal aneamia negatively affected fetal/neonatal outcomes. This data may be useful to make health policy in this area.</span></span>