Anemia in Pregnancy SS Trivedi, Manju Puri
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1Anemia in Pregnancy
2Anemia in Pregnancy
Editor SS Trivedi Director Professor, Head of Department Obstetrics and Gynecology Lady Hardinge Medical College New Delhi, India Co-Editor Manju Puri Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Lady Hardinge Medical College and SSK Hospital New Delhi, India
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First Edition: 2008
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4CONTRIBUTORS 6FOREWORD
Anemia is recognized as a major public health problem especially among economically weaker section of the population in developing countries like India. It is widely prevalent in pregnant women and magnitude of the problem is enormous. About half of the pregnant women in the world are anemic. Anemia adversely affects obstetric outcome. It is responsible for over 20 percent of maternal deaths and significant perinatal loss in India. The faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital must be complimented for the significant publication of this book on the very important subject of Anemia in Pregnancy. It contains ten relevant chapters on different aspects of anemia in pregnancy mainly based on its leading causes. The chapter on Iron deficiency, Megaloblastic, Haemolytic, Sickle Cell, Aplastic anemias, etc. have been written with meticulous care providing latest information in their etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical manifestation and management. The first chapter deals with the magnitude of the problem, challenges in eradicating anemia and preventive strategies to eliminate severe anemia during pregnancy.
The chapters are educative, comprehensive and up-to-date. The learned editors have done an admirable job and deserve our high appreciation for their devoted efforts. The scientific contents of the book are of great calibre and this 7edition is most welcome in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The unique project of putting in the thought on all types of anemias encountered in pregnancy collectively in a book is praiseworthy. The volume is superb and skillfully edited to become user-friendly. It is ardently hoped that this excellent publication will be profitably used by students and specialists practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology.
SN Mukherjee
Formerly
Professor and Head, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
JIPMER Pondicherry, HP Medical College, Shimla
UCMS and SJ Hospital, MAMC and LN Hospital, New Delhi
Dy. Commissioner (Technical) Family Planning
Director CGHS, DGHS Government of India
8PREFACE
Anemia is the commonest medical disorder in pregnancy, with a prevalence rate of up to 80 percent in some populations. It is a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality in our country. The effects of anemia in pregnancy on the newborn's future health are also a cause for concern. Nutritional anemia, the commonest anemia in pregnancy, is easy to diagnose and simple to treat, but its eradication still eludes us. In-depth knowledge of all types of anemia is essential for practitioners providing health care to pregnant woman. Hence, a need was felt for a complete and comprehensive book on anemia that provides a deep insight into all aspects of anemia in pregnancy. This book aims at sensitizing the readers to the magnitude of the problem and takes them through a detailed description of all different types of anemia encountered in pregnancy, the differential diagnosis and specific therapy for each one of them. This book will be an interesting and useful reading material for not only the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students but also for the practicing obstetricians and practitioners involved in ensuring maternal well-being.
We are thankful to all the contributors and are grateful to our patients who prompted us to bring out this manual and hope it will benefit them the most.
SS Trivedi
Manju Puri