Assessment of Complete Blood Count of Sudanese Pregnant Women in the third Trimester in Khartoum State

Abstract

This is a case control study, conducting at Khartoum State the during period from February to June 2015. The aim of the study was to determine complete blood count (CBC) of Sudanese pregnant women in the third trimester attended Al-Rebat Teaching Hospital in Bahri State (Obstetric department). Eighty healthy apparently pregnant women and forty non pregnant women were informed about the study and agreed for participation. A questionnaire was designed to collect information about the study group such as age, number of pregnancies, stage of trimesters and history of abortion. Three ml of venous blood was collected in EDTA anticoagulant container. Automated hematological analyzer (Sysmex KXN-21) was used to measure CBC. The results indicated that RBC (mean 4.0×106/ml ± 0.4), HCT (mean 33.4% ± 3.0), Hbg (mean11.5 g/dl ± 1.3), platelets (mean 238.9 × 103/ml ± 55.0) decreased significantly (P-value 0.000, 0.000, 0.002, 0.000 respectively) while MCV (mean 83.7 fl ± 5.0), MCH (mean 28.9 pg ± 2.8) and MCHC (mean 34.5% ± 1.9) increased insignificantly. WBC (mean 6.9×103/ml ± 1.7) and neutrophils (mean 65.3% ± 8.3) increased significantly (P-value 0.009, 0.000) while lymphocytes (mean 25.1% ± 6.8) decreased significantly compared to control group. According to age group ,history of abortion and number of pregnancies in pregnant women there were no significant difference between groups in spite of hemoglobin decrease by increase age and number of pregnancies.