A RESEARCH STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL AND INTRAVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF IRON AMONG PATIENTS WITH POSTPARTUM ANEMIA

Objective: The intravenous and oral iron treatment effectiveness comparison in postpartum anaemia is the objective of the research.

Material and Method: This Randomized Control Trial was carried out at UHS, Lahore from July 2018 to February 2019. The numbers of postpartum anaemia patients enrolled for research were eighty-two, having age twenty to thirty-five.

Results: The average age of the females in category “A” & “B” was (26.36 ± 4.30) & (26.31 ± 4.69) respectively. Most of the female patients, forty-one (50%) having age between twenty to twenty-five years. The numbers of patients identified with increased Hb level ˃3.5g/dl in oral iron and the intravenous iron category was twenty-seven and twenty-six respectively after six weeks of treatment duration. Resultantly effectiveness was (87.80%) in the intravenous iron category (Group A) and (65.85%) in the oral iron category (Group B) along with 0.18 of P-value.

Conclusion: The researcher determined that higher effectiveness level (increased in Hb) was recorded in intravenous iron treatment with respect to the treatment of oral iron in managing postpartum anaemia patients.

Keywords: Post-Partum Anemia (PPA), Hb (haemoglobin) and Intravenous Iron.