Abstract

Objective: To Study the Relationship between Maternal Hemoglobin and Perinatal
outcome in a cohort of 860 pregnant women and to highlight the importance of
antenatal care regarding maternal health and fetal outcome.
Methods: All Singleton pregnancies delivering at Pakistan Railway Hospital
Rawalpindi from January 2004 to December 2005 that fulfilled the required criteria
were included.
Results: Out of the 860 patients, 402 were anemic (

Key words: Maternal hemoglobin, perinatal outcome, preterm birth