Evaluation of PT and APTT among Pregnant Women in Atbara City, Sudan

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study aimed to measure PTT and PT in pregnant women with the control 
group the study included Any well healthy pregnant women and exclusion any complicated 
pregnant women. in Atbara city in the period between March and July 2018. The study included 
50pregnant women and 50 non pregnant as control. 2.5mlofcitrated blood was collected under 
ideal conditions and analyzed PT and APTT manually. The study proved after analyzing the 
results statistically by Statistical Package for social Sciences SPSS that found increased 
significance in PTT and PT when compare to control. we show the result of APTT was 
significantly increased and found the mean of APTT was 61.18(2.745) sec when compared to the 
control group found the mean of the control group was 39.82(2.745) sec and the result of PT was 
slightly increased, we found the mean of PT cases was 19.64(0.916) sec when compare to control 
found the mean of PT 18.90(0.584) sec. This study aims to assess the coagulation profile among 
pregnant women from the first to the third trimester to observe any change in coagulation profile 
PT, APTT.