Fact of low hemoglobin and packed cell volume in pregnant women are at a stand still.

A cross sectional descriptive type of study was done in 98 women of reproductive age. Among them 25 were in control group of non pregnant women and 73 were pregnant women of 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy with and without iron supplementation. The period of study was July 2004 to June 2005. The main objective of our study was to compare hemoglobin percent and packed cell volume (PCV) in pregnant and non pregnant women. In present study hemoglobin percent and packed cell volume was significantly decreased in 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy when compared with the control group and same category of women who were not supplemented with iron. It is evident that the significantly low hemoglobin percent and packed cell volume (PCV) in pregnant women is due in part to dietary iron deficiency. Therefore, iron therapy in pregnancy is helpful to maintain the hemoglobin percent and packed cell volume nearer to that of non pregnant normal women.

Persistence of low serum iron and high total iron binding capacity in pregnant women.

A cross sectional descriptive type of study was done in 98 women of reproductive age. Among them 25 were in control group of non pregnant women and 73 were pregnant women of 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy with and without iron supplementation. The period of study was July 2004 to June 2005. The main objective of our study was to compare serum iron and total iron binding capacity in pregnant and non pregnant women. In present study serum iron was significantly increased in 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy that was supplemented with iron when compared with the same category of women who were not supplemented with iron. On the other hand serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC) was significantly increased in 3rd trimester of pregnancy that was not supplemented with iron when compared with the same category of women who were supplemented with iron. It is evident that the significantly low serum iron and high TIBC in pregnant women is due in part to dietary iron deficiency. Therefore, iron therapy in pregnancy is helpful to maintain the serum iron and TIBC nearer to that of non pregnant normal women.

Studies on serum lipid profile in hypertensive patient.

The study was carried out to appraise the serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C and LDL-C values in hypertensive patients for providing information to the health-policy planners and also to the clinical practitioners about the importance of routine monitoring of lipid profile in hypertensive patients for prevention of coronary heart disease and other consequences to combat morbidity and mortality and to reinforce the need to consider these parameters in daily clinical practice. It was a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted at Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Mymensingh Medical College, Medicine Unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital and in the community of Sadar, Mymensingh District. The period of the study was January 2005 to December 2005. A total number of seventy subjects were included in this study. Out of them 40 (forty) were hypertensive patients and 30 (thirty) were normotensive & healthy controls. Most of the hypertensive patients (65%) were taking treatment irregularly. Serum total cholesterol, serum triglyceride and serum LDL cholesterol were greater in hypertensive than those of normotensive .The differences of mean of serum total cholesterol, serum LDL cholesterol in between two groups were statistically significant and in case of serum triglyceride it was statistically highly significant. Serum HDL cholesterol was less in hypertensive than those of normotensive. The differences of mean of serum HDL cholesterol in between two groups were statistically highly significant. Among 40 hypertensives the number of "Getting treatment- regular" & "Getting treatment-irregular" was 14 (35%) & 26 (65%) respectively and the values are not statistically significant. Similarly in patients "suffering less than 5 years" and "suffering 5 years & above" the differences are also not statistically significant. Conclusion: The observations of this study has revealed that most of the hypertensive patients are taking treatment irregularly and there was significant alteration of serum cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C and LDL-C in hypertensive patients. Therefore, for routine monitoring of hypertensive patients to prevent the coronary heart disease (CHD) and other consequences, the reinforcement of the investigations of these parameters may be recommended in daily clinical practice.