Measurement of Complete Blood Count among Sudanese Pregnant Women attended in Military Hospital Omdurman

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.