Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adolescent Girls in a Tertiary Care Hospital

• DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26163.10325
• Publication Date: 2017-08-29T07:04:07Z
• Authors: Rekha Kumari
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; R; Medicine; adolescence; females; haemoglobin; 3. Good health

Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) is a global health problem. It involves population of all age group and sex. But adolescent girls are more vulnerable to it. The reasons may be increased iron demand, menstrual blood loss, infection, worm infestation etc.To find the prevalence deficiency IDA in Tertiary Care Hospital.This cross-sectional study was done biochemistry clinical laboratory Indira Gandhi Institute Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India for period six months (April 2015-October 2015). Haemoglobin estimation by Sahli's method. Total Binding Capacity (TIBC) Ferrozine method on fully automated chemistry analyzer Olympus AU 400 with reagent kit available market. Ferritin chemiluminesence immunoassay method, using Access 2 (Beckman Coulter).Out 200 girls, 50% were found anaemic. Of total, 43.3% mildly, 3.3% moderately severely affected anaemia.As anaemia 50%, it needs intervention its prevention control. This will help planning implementation policy IDA.