Abstract:
This is an analytical descriptive study aimed to measure the complete blood count of Sudanese pregnant women who attended the Military Hospital in Omdurman ,during January - April 2015.
The study included hundred healthy pregnant women . Two ml of venous blood were collected in EDTA anticoagulant for complete blood count which was measured by Sysmex(Kx_21N). Data were analyzed by independent test and one way ANOVA testusingSPSS computer program version11.5 .
The pregnant women were divided into to five age groups: less than 20 year ,( 20-25) year, (26 -30) year , (31-35) year and more than 35 years. The distributionof the studied women according to the trimester was (48%),(38%) and (14%) for the third, second and first trimester respectively . History of abortion was found in(31%) of study group .Number of pregnancies were (49%),(38%)and (13%) for less than 3,( 3-5) and more than 5 pregnancies respectively.
The result of the study showed that hemoglobin concentration ,red blood cell count , hematocrit ,mean cell volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean cell hemoglobin concentration were (11.9± 1.00 g/dl ) ,(4.2±0.41103 / µl), ,(35.0±2.74),( 84.2±5.25fl) ,(28.6±2.25pg) , (34.0±1.04%) ,white blood cell, lymphocyte andneutrophil were (7.6±1.85103 / µl), ( 26.3±7.06%) and (63.9±7.89%), the platelet count , (263.2± 66.86 103 / µl.
There was significant difference between trimester and RBC,HCT, WBC ,lymphocyte ,neutrophil and platelet .
The CBC did not vary significantlywith age, history of abortion and number of pregnancies .All the studied parameters were found to be within the normal range for pregnant women.
