Background: Pregnancy and puerperium are most prevalent prothrombotic states leading to cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Pregnancy induces several changes in coagulation system, which persists at least during early puerperium, rendering it a prothrombotic state. The objective of the study was to study the clinical profile of postpartum CVT.Methods: A total of 32 consecutive patients admitted in medicine and obstetrics and gynecology ward between April 2012 and March 2015 with radiologically confirmed diagnosis of CVT were included in the study. Detailed history, clinical examination, and laboratory investigations were carried out in all the cases.Results: Out of 32 patients of CVT studied, the age of patients varied from 18 to 40 years. Maximum incidence was seen in 21-30 age group comprising 74% of the cases, with mean age being 25.5 years. Two-third of the patients belongs to the low socio-economic class. The majority of them had subacute presentation with the headache in 93.75%, followed by altered sensorium (90.6%) and convulsions (75%) being the most common presenting symptoms. Radiologically the most common finding noted was hemorrhagic infarction (85.3%), followed by non-hemorrhagic infarction (15.7%).Conclusions: Pregnancy and puerperium are most prevalent prothrombotic states leading to CVT.

Background: Anemia is the nutritional deficiency disorder and 56% of all women living in developing countries are anaemic according to World Health Organization. India has the highest prevalence of anaemia and 20% of total maternal deaths are due to anemia. To determine the prevalence of anemia and factors influencing its causation among pregnant women.           Methods: This is the study of 1769 pregnant women which was conducted in a rural population of Koppal district, Karnataka, India, from June 2016 to November 2016 i.e. a period of 6 months. This longitudinal prospective observational study was conducted in the district hospital of Koppal. Anemia was classified as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) criteria. The diagnosis of anemia was undertaken by peripheral blood smear examination and standard hemoglobin estimation by shale’s method.Results: The average age of pregnant women was 23.5 years, ranging between 18 and 40 years. Most of the women belonged to below poverty line (BPL) families (84.6%) and Hindu religion (98%). Regarding education, 28.9% were illiterates. The mean haemoglobin level was found to be 8.95. Prevalence of anemia was 96.5% among the pregnant females in this region of rural Koppal. Out of these 22.47% had mild anemia, 56.30% had moderate anemia, 14.98% had severe anemia and 2.73% very severe anemia according to ICMR classification of anemia.Conclusions: High prevalence of anemia among pregnant women indicates anemia to be a major public health problem in the rural community and indicates strict implementation of National Nutrition Anemia prophylaxis programme. Factors such as socioeconomic status, education, birth interval, and gravida contribute to this high prevalence.