Abstract :
Introduction: Anaemia is one of the preventable disease burden worldwide, especially in developing nations like India. There are varied aetiologies for anaemia; Iron deficiency being the most common cause. Age, sex, geographical and comorbid factors play important role in the morphological patterns of anaemia. Anaemia, if undetected can cause morbidity and mortality which can be prevented.
Aims and objectives: To identify morphological patterns and severity of anaemia in patients of all age groups andcorrelate the findings of automatic hemoanalyser, peripheral smear and biochemical parameters like iron studies, vitamin B 12 and folic acid; to correlate these findings with age, sex, morphological type and to find out the commonest pattern.
Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study comprised of 300 anaemic patients over a period from December 2015 to July 2017 in Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry.
Results: In our study of 300 cases, microcytic hypochromic anaemia was the commonest anaemia in all age groups (66%), followed by dimorphic anaemia (23%). Also, prevalence of microcytic hypochromic anaemia was highest in our study (p value
Keyword :
Anaemia, Blood Indices, Microcytic hypochromic, Dimorphic, Normochromic normocytic, Iron studies, Serum B12 levels, Serum folate levels.