Folate Levels in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs202317315Abstract
Aim: To determine the folate levels in third trimester of pregnancy
Study design: Cross-sectional study
Place and duration: Conducted at post graduate medical institute, Lahore. Duration was 6 months from June 2022 to December 2022.
Methods: Ninety anemic females were selected from the antenatal clinics of different hospitals of Lahore. These incorporated equal numbers of primigravidae and multigravidae and all of them were in the third trimester of pregnancy. They had not taken any hematinic supplements during the pregnancy.
Results: Folate deficiency was seen in 44.4% of the primigravidae with peripheral blood macrocytosis and bone marrow megaloblastosis. An association exists between the clinical anemia and the peripheral blood and bone marrow findings with those of serum and red cell folate levels.
Conclusion: Folic acid should be included as a routine in hematinic supplements prescribed for pregnant females to protect them from anemia and its consequent complications.
Key words: Folate, gestation, trimester, megaloblastic anemia, macocytosis, bone marrow
Downloads
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This is an open-access journal and all the published articles / items are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
