Packed Cell Volume of Pregnant Women attending Dawakin Kudu General Hospital, Kano State, Nigeria.
Abdullahi Yahaya, Tijjani Sabiu Imam
Abstract
This study was aimed at assessing the Packed Cell Volume (PCV) of pregnant women attending Antenatal Clinic of Dawakin Kudu General Hospital, Kano so as to determine the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. Haematocrit estimation of one hundred and twenty (120) pregnant women was carried out, while semi-structured questionnaires were distributed randomly (to a cluster of married men) to the dwellers of Dawakin Kudu local government and one hundred and fifty (150) were retrieved. Results obtained were recorded and analysed. Most of the pregnant women tested, 75(62.5%), had PCV of less than 36%. There was no significant difference between age group and number of childbirth, trimester as well as between levels of education and haematocrit at P
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