Anaemia in obstetrics: an evaluation of treatment by iron-dextran infusion.

Anaemia remains one of the commonest problems facing the obstetrician. In clinical practice the problem is most acute in two groups of patients. The first group consists of patients with anaemia in the last few weeks of pregnancy; the second group is made up of patients with anaemia following obstetric haemorrhage, particularly that associated with abortion and delivery. Elective blood transfusion is commonly employed as a quick solution to this problem.