A Bone Marrow Aspiration Study in Evaluation of Severe Anemia in Adults

Abstract

Anemia is a global health challenge and is the most significant health problem encountered in the developing countries especially in India. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 1.62 million !! billion people per year are affected globally with anemia which constitutes 24.8%  of  the  world population. To evaluate the clinical presenting features and the basic haematological parameters in adult patients with severe anemia, the morphological alterations of Bone marrow aspirates in these patients were studied. To correlate these morphological alterations of Bone marrow aspirates with the clinical and the basic haematological parameters in severe anemia.