RESUMEN
Background: anemia in pregnancy is a common problem. Easy diagnosis and treatment enhance focus on anemia cases
Aim and Objectives: 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 and MCH were significant characteristics finding in iron deficiency anemia