European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: Anaemia is a reduction in the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood resulting in tissue hypoxia.1 Cardiac output at rest is not usually increased in most chronic anaemia until haemoglobin levels fall below 7 g/dL, but abnormal rise in output with exercise may occur with levels as high as 10 g/dL.2 Anaemia is a major public health problem worldwide especially in developing countries like India. Nutritional cause of anaemia continues to predominate as the most common cause of anaemia. Objective of this study is to determine the clinical and laboratory profile of anaemia among patients admitted to our hospital. Methods: Our study was a prospective study in which 50 patients of anemia admitted to Medicine ward at tertiary care Teaching hospital, KRIMS, Karwar were studied for their clinical and laboratory characteristics. Duration of the study was 6 months from July 2021 to december 2021. Results: Anaemia was more common among females (68 % of total patients). Patients in age group 18- 30 years were involved in 46% of subjects. Pallor was the universal finding present in 100% of patients. On systemic examination haemic murmurs on auscultation was the most common finding present in 28% followed by hepatomegaly (18%). Microcytic and dimorphic anaemia constitute the bulk of anaemia. Conclusions: Nutritional anaemia particularly iron deficiency anaemia is the most common cause of anaemia. It tends to affect the working age group and females predominantly. Patients continue to present with severe anaemia to the hospital.