Presence of anemia in different diseases in a medical ward of a tertiary care hospital

The objective of this study is to find out presence of anemia in patients admitted in medical ward of a tertiary care hospital. It is a retrospective, non interventional, observational, hospital based study. Fifty patients of anemia admitted in medical ward 12 of Nishtar Hospital Multan were included in the study. The patients admitted during July 2006 to August 2006. Fifty patients suffering from anemia were studied. The final diagnosis was as chronic liver disease 26%, chronic renal failure 16%, and heart diseases 10%. Lung diseases 10%, infectious diseases 10%, CNS diseases 8% and miscellaneous causes 20%. Miscellaneous includes patients with infections and snake bite. Due to commonly prescribed and easily available different hematinic preparations, deficiency anemias were not common in the hospital settings. In admitted patients presence of low Hb% levels mean a more sinister diagnosis which needs a chain of special investigations for proper diagnosis