Pre pregnancy BMI and Maternal Anemia
1.Title Impact of Pre Pregnancy Body Mass Index on Developing Maternal Anemia in Pregnancy: A Cohort Study on Pregnant Women attending De Soyza Maternity Hospital. 2. Introduction 2.1 Background Information ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2.2 Justification 2.2.1 Though antenatal management skills are considered eminent among Sri Lankan health sector, maternal anemia has drawn the attention of stakeholders as it is considered as a public health problem with a mild to moderate severity (reference). In Sri Lankan setting pre & antenatal care is given at community level and Body Mass Index (BMI) is measured routinely. Also, hematamics are given universally during pregnancy from the second trimester (reference). Double-dose hematamics are considered only following the diagnosis on maternal aneamia. However, giving a prophylactic double dose of hematamics is not given a consideration as the available literature is limited in Sri Lankan setting.
