COMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY IRON DEFICIEN ANEMIA DURING PREGNANCY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL-LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
Keywords:
Iron deficiency anemia, Pregnancy, PrenatalAbstract
ANEMIA IS DEFINED ACCORDING TO HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS, WHICH CAN VARY ACCORDING TO MANY FACTORS,
MAINLY AGE, SEX AND ETHNICITY. THE IMPACTS OF ANEMIA DURING PREGNANCY INVOLVE NEGATIVE
EFFECTS ON MATERNAL HEALTH THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH AND DEATH ON FETUSES. LABORATORY EVALUATION
IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF IRON DEFICIENCY AND EARLY TREATMENT. THE STUDY AIMS
TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACTS OF MATERNAL ANEMIA AND IRON DEFICIENCY DURING PREGNANCY, AS WELL AS
THE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF THE PATHOLOGY. THIS IS A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE
LITERATURE. SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE ANALYZED ON GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND IN THE DATABASES
PUBMED, SCIELO (SCIENTIFIC ELECTRONIC LIBRARY ONLINE), MEDLINE (NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
MEDICINE) PUBLISHED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2023, SELECTED FROM THE TITLES THAT CONTAIN REFERENCES
TO THE DESCRIPTORS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE BALANCE OF
BODY IRON FOR WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IN PREGNANT WOMEN, IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE GOOD
IRON LEVELS FOR A GOOD OUTCOME OF THE PREGNANCY, FOR THE MOTHER'S WELL-BEING AND FOR THE
NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FETUS AND MATURITY OF THE NEWBORN. ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTATION IS
THE FIRST LINE OF TREATMENT IN CASES OF MILD ANEMIA, HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THE NUMEROUS
GASTROINTESTINAL SIDE EFFECTS THAT OFTEN LEAD TO POOR ADHERENCE, OTHER THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES
SHOULD BE EVALUATED. MORE EFFORTS MUST BE DEVOTED BY THE PRENATAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO
ERADICATE THIS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, AS CHILDREN BORN TO IRON-DEFICIENT MOTHERS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO VARIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS.
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