A comparitive study of three doses of intramuscular iron versus hundred tablets of oral iron for propylaxis of anemia in pregnant women

Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 2

Abstract

Anemia is responsible for 40 to 60% of maternal death in non industrialized countries. The women are well aware about the tetanus toxoid , this can be used as an opportunity to give intramuscular iron to the patients for prophylaxis of anemia. The present study is used to evaluate the effectiveness of giving intramuscular iron as compared to oral iron for prophylaxis of anemia in pregnancy.

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1,*Shikha Madan, 1Vinita Gupta, 2Pardeep Kumar Shikha Madan

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1, *Shikha Madan, 1Vinita Gupta, 2Pardeep Kumar Shikha Madan (2017). A comparitive study of three doses of intramuscular iron versus hundred tablets of oral iron for propylaxis of anemia in pregnant women. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH, 9(2), 46260-46262. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-399760