TC SAĞLIK BAKANLIĞI KARTAL DR. LÜTFÄ KIRDAR EÄžÄ TÄ M VE ...

SUMMARY
Iron deficiency is the most frequent anemia reason in the world. As well as iron
deficiency is seen at all age groups, it is seen the most frequent at the nursing infants and
pregnant. Effects of iron deficiency at pregnancy to fetus and/or nursing infant are still a
matter for discussion. According to some researches, it is thought that iron deficiency at
pregnant affects iron level of fetus and infant, increases preterm delivery revalence, causes
growth and development deficiency in the fetal and long term. At some researches, it is
declared that iron level of mother does not affect baby and iron depot of baby is sufficient for
the first six months.
350 phenomenon of term pregnant in labour who applied to Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal
Education and Research Hospital between years of 2008 and 2009 are included to the study.
Weight and size tracing percentile tables from newborn tracing files were evaluated.
(Information belonging to the child; gestation age: over 37 weeks, newborn weight: below
2500 gr. (SGA), 2500 gr. and over (Normal) delivery weight, newborn size: below 50 cm., 50
cm. and over, 1 and 5 min. APGAR score: below 8, over 8).
Information belonging to the mother; age, gestational week and delivery method,
hemoglobin, hematocrit level, whether to be received an iron treatment regularly or not, is
gathered from pregnancy tracing form. Pregnant who is smoking, having diabetes, having
hypertension, having a history of infection and having anemia before pregnancy other than
iron deficiency anemia is not included to the study. Gestation age was evaluated according to
the last menstruation date of mother, sonography measurement and New–Ballard score.
Delivery weight is recorded by weighing the child naked.
We searched the relation between the anemia of mother at pregnancy and delivery
weight, size and APGAR score of newborn. According to the hemoglobin concentration of
mothers, two groups were formed, group I (hemoglobin < 11 mgr/dl) and group II
(hemoglobin ≥ 11 mgr/dl). Again, according to the hematocrit concentration of mothers, two
groups were formed, group I (hematocrit < 33%) and group II (hematocrit ≥ 33%).
Statistically meaningful relation between hemoglobin and hematocrit values of mother and
APGAR score, delivery weight and size of baby could not be determined.
However, in this study, close hemoglobin and hematocrit values of anemic pregnant
and non-anemic pregnant may be the reason of getting this result.
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