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Thrombocytopenia in plasmodium vivax malaria: How significant?
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نویسنده
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muley a. ,lakhani j. ,bhirud s. ,patel a.
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منبع
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journal of tropical medicine - 2014 - دوره : 2014 - شماره : 0
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چکیده
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Introduction. thrombocytopenia is frequently noticed with p. falciparum malaria but is less reported and studied with p. vivax. materials and methods. the study was conducted in the department of medicine,sbks mi & rc,pipariya. we included patients who were diagnosed with vivax malaria. the data regarding their clinical and hematological profile was collected and analysed. result. a total of 66 patients were included. 42 (63%) had platelet count <100000/mm3. mean platelet count was 1,18,650,range being 8000/mm3-6,10,000/mm3. amongst those with thrombocytopenia,16 (38.09%) had anemia,14 (33.33%) had serum creatinine >1.2 gm/dl,15 (35.71%) had jaundice (s. bilirubin > 1.2),2 (4.76%) had altered sensorium,6 (14.28%) had ards,2 needed ventilator support,and 1 expired. amongst those with normal platelet count,5 (20.83%) had anemia and 1 had jaundice whereas none had elevated s. creatinine,altered sensorium,or lung involvement. conclusion. thrombocytopenia is now being seen more commonly with vivax malaria. patients with platelet count <1 lac/cumm have more severe disease. © 2014 arti muley et al.
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آدرس
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sbks mi and rc,sumandeep vidyapeeth,piparia, India, sbks mi and rc,sumandeep vidyapeeth,piparia, India, sbks mi and rc,sumandeep vidyapeeth,piparia, India, sbks mi and rc,sumandeep vidyapeeth,piparia, India
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