Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alolayah, A., Assaf, H., Horaib, Y., Kleib, L., Wahbi, O., Khatab, M., Siddiqui, F., Alshammari, M., Garhom, M., Banafa, N. (2018). Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 70(1), 114-117. doi: 10.12816/0042972
Abdulmajeed Mohammed Alolayah; Hamad Zaal Assaf; Youssef Fayez Horaib; Leejin Saleh Bin Kleib; Ola Haidar Wahbi; Mhd Salim Khatab; Fatima Zeyaul Haque Siddiqui; Manal Abdullah Alshammari; Marwah Ahmed Bin Garhom; Nadia Mohammed Banafa. "Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 70, 1, 2018, 114-117. doi: 10.12816/0042972
Alolayah, A., Assaf, H., Horaib, Y., Kleib, L., Wahbi, O., Khatab, M., Siddiqui, F., Alshammari, M., Garhom, M., Banafa, N. (2018). 'Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 70(1), pp. 114-117. doi: 10.12816/0042972
Alolayah, A., Assaf, H., Horaib, Y., Kleib, L., Wahbi, O., Khatab, M., Siddiqui, F., Alshammari, M., Garhom, M., Banafa, N. Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 70(1): 114-117. doi: 10.12816/0042972

Lab Diagnosed Anemia among Women in Alyamamah Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 20, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 2018, Page 114-117  XML PDF (418.71 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042972
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Authors
Abdulmajeed Mohammed Alolayah email 1; Hamad Zaal Assaf1; Youssef Fayez Horaib1; Leejin Saleh Bin Kleib1; Ola Haidar Wahbi1; Mhd Salim Khatab1; Fatima Zeyaul Haque Siddiqui2; Manal Abdullah Alshammari3; Marwah Ahmed Bin Garhom4; Nadia Mohammed Banafa5
1Almaarefa Colleges, Riyadh
2Alfaisal University, Riyadh
3University of Hail, Riyadh
4Al Iman General Hospital, Riyadh
5Kingdom Hospital, Riyadh
Abstract
Background: anemia in pregnancy is a common problem. Easy diagnosis and treatment enhance focus on anemia cases.
AimandObjectives: to determine the common types and grades of anemia in a hospital lab in Riyadh and to compare types of anemia among age and pregnancy status.
Method: cross-sectional study. Study area: a hematology-log in lab. Samples: convenience samples of 120 anemic ladies. Tool: questionnaires. Methods of data collection: CBC results.
Results: This study-addressing anemia among women in a lab in Riyadh involves 120 ladies. When they were distributed as pregnant and non-pregnant women, 70% were pregnant. About 70% of the pregnant and 39% of non-pregnant had iron deficiency anemia, this difference statistically significance (P= 0.0013). Normocytic normochromic anemia was falling in 26% and 50% of the pregnant and non-pregnant ladies respectively; this difference was statistically significant (P= 0.0112). About 94.5% of iron deficiency anemias have low MCH. PCV was low in all cases of anemia.
Conclusion: Anemia in women of child bearing age are more commonly observed in study. Most common type of anemia among cases was iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia was the most common in pregnant, while normochromic normocytic anemia was the most common in non-pregnant. MCV & MCH were significant characteristics finding in iron deficiency anemia.
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