TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Anemia During Pregnancy
A1  - Acosta, Ometeotl M.
A1  - Dudley, Donald J.
A2  - Pacheco, Luis D.
A2  - Saade, George R.
A2  - Hankins, Gary D.V.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Maternal Medicine
AB  - Anemia  is  one  of  the  most  common  medical  complications  that  occurs  during  pregnancy  and  is  associated  with  numerous  medical  and  obstetric  complications.  Women  with  anemia  can  present  with  vague  complaints  of  fatigue,  weakness,  and  dyspnea  resulting  from  tissue  hypoxia  because  hemoglobin,  the  oxygen  carrying  capacity  of  blood,  is  abnormally  low.  However,  most  women  with  mild-to-moderate  anemia  have  no  symptoms.  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  (CDC)  accounts  for  hemodilution  of  pregnancy  and  defines  anemia  as  11  g/dL  in  the  first  and  third  trimesters  and  10.5  g/dL  in  the  second  trimester  which  reflects  the  greater  expansion  of  plasma  volume  compared  with  red  cell  volume  during  the  second  trimester.1  According  to  the  World  Health  Organization  (WHO),  almost  42%  of  pregnant  women  worldwide  are  anemic  with  half  of  these  women  having  iron  deficiency  as  the  cause.2  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115520763
ER  -