Siva V K
Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, India
Title: Intravenous iron sucrose and oral iron therapy in iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy – A comparitive study in Indian population
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Abstract
Background: Nutritional anaemia is one of major the contributory factor in high maternal mortality and morbidity in most of the countries. Iron deficiency is the principle cause for nutritional anaemia. Objective: To compare the efficacy of oral iron therapy with intravenous iron therapy in the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy. Methodology: This comparative study was undertaken at a tertiary care teaching hospital among one hundred and ten pregnant anaemic patients whose baseline hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels were recorded prior to treatment. The patients were divided into two groups; group A (n=58) received intravenous iron-sucrose and group B (n=52) received oral iron therapy. The patients were followed up for further investigations and side effects. Results: Out of 110 patients, 50% had mild anaemia (10.9-10 gm%), 34.5% patients had moderate anaemia (7-9.9 gm%) and 15.5% (6-6.9 gm%) patients had severe anaemia. Group A showed statistically significant rise in haemoglobin regardless the severity. Conclusion: Intravenous iron-sucrose administration increased haemoglobin level and serum ferritin levels more rapidly, without any serious adverse effect in comparison with oral ferrous sulphate in women with iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy