Hematological Profile Of Pregnant Women At St. Pauls Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background:In Pregnancy, the hematological system undergoes changes in order to meet therndemands of the developing fetus and placenta, with major alterations in blood volume.rnHemodilution during pregnancy contribute to majority of these changes.Although physiologicalrnTherefore, the pregnant women screening should include hematological parameters other thanrnHb determination alone to avoid adverse outcomes.rnKeyrnwords:rnPregnantrnwomen,Hematologicalprofile,anemia, thrombocytopeniarnin nature, but abnormal hematological profile affect pregnancy and its outcome. Anemia isrnthe most common hematological problem in pregnancy, followed by thrombocytopenia.rnObjective:TornassessrnhematologicalrnprofilesrnofrnpregnantrnwomenrnatrnSt.
Paul‟s
Hospital
Millennium
Medical
College.rnMethod:A cross sectional study was conducted on 284 pregnant women to assess hematologicalrnprofiles of pregnant women at St.
Paul‟s
Hospital Millennium
Medical
College from June tornAugust 2014. A pre-tested Structured and interviewer administered questionnaire was used torncollect socio demographic data and venous blood was used to perform CBC and peripheral bloodrnfilm. CBC was done using automated hematological analyzer Cell Dyn 1800. Data was analyzedrnusing SPSS version 16.0statistical software. Dependent variable frequencies, mean, standardrndeviation and range were calculated. P values

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