Evaluation of Anaemia in Patients Posted for Elective Surgical Intervention in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Rural Area

Abstract

Background: Anaemia is a global public health problem which affects both developing and developed countries with major consequences for human health and also the social and economic development. Anaemia affects subjects of all age groups with children and pregnant females being most commonly affected. Material And Method: A detailed analysis was conducted in our medical college and hospital for a period of one year. A prior consent was obtained by the ethics board of our medical college. A total of 300 patients were included in the study. All the patients were analysed by the sahlis method. An informed consent was obtained from each patient prior enrolment in the study. Results: The mean haemoglobin level of 8.45 +/-0.85 raised to 10.27 +/-0.61 g/dl after medical treatment. Amongst them, the subjects receiving injectable, their mean haemoglobin level raised from 7.95 to 10.61 gm/dl. There was a highly significant difference amongst pre and post intervention haemoglobin level. With folic acid tablet administration, the haemoglobin level raised from 8.95 to 9.86 gm/dl. Blood transfusion was also given amongst few subjects. Amongst them the haemoglobin level raised from 7.99 to 10.32 gm/ dl. There was a highly significant difference amongst pre and post intervention haemoglobin level. There was 1 male with severe anaemia. Conclusion: This current study has shown a high occurrence of anaemia in patients posted for various surgeries and need for treatment before surgery but lack of awareness amongest patients as well as surgeons. Thus a larger study should be conducted to understand the actual prevalence of Anaemia in tertiary care hospitals in rural
areas.