Evaluation Anemia Profile in a Tertiary Care Facility: Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

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Abstract
Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical and laboratory profile of
anaemia among patients admitted to the tertiary care facility.
Methods: This study was a hospital based prospective cross-sectional study undertaken in the
Department of Medicine, BMIMS, Pawapuri, Nalanda, Bihar, India. Fifty patients with
anaemia were included in the study. Duration of the study was 7 months.
Results: Easy fatiguability and generalized weakness were the most common symptoms of
anemia in our study. Easy fatiguability and generalised weakness were the most common
symptoms of anemia in our study. Fever was seen in 10% of cases and asymptomatic
symptoms were noted in 12% patients. On systemic examination anemic murmurs on CVS
examination were detected among 12 patients. Basilar crepts not attributable to other diseases
were found among 3 patients. Isolated hepatomegaly was found in 8, splenomegaly in 2 and
hepatosplenomegaly was found in 3 patients.
Conclusion: The most common aetiology of anemia in patients enrolled was iron deficiency,
followed by anemia of chronic disease and malignancy, both hematological and nonhematological. The most commonly encountered complaints on presentation in general were
subjective non-specific ones such as weakness, fatigue and lassitude whereas in females it
was per vaginal bleeding.